1999 Chapelle Chambertin
Estimated value
Buying options
Tasting notes
Ponsot's 1999 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru is superb, wafting from the glass with a vibrant bouquet of cherries, plums, cassis, rich soil, black tea, umami-like bass notes and dried roses. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, layered and complete, with a youthful core of beautifully pure fruit, fine-grained structuring tannins, excellent energy and delineation and a long, tangy finish. This is one of those vintages where one feels Chapelle-Chambertin's proximity to the Clos de Bèze. This is just entering the beginning of its plateau.
Critic scores
Average Score
Jancis Robinson MW
Allen Meadows, Burghound
More reviews and scores
**Note: from a .60 ha parcel in En Gémeaux** A ripe, fresh and highly complex nose features a mix of both primary and secondary dark berry fruit scents along with plenty of Gevrey-style earth and discreet spice nuances. There is excellent intensity to the relatively broad-shouldered flavors that possess fine volume and very solid mid-palate concentration before culminating in a firmly structured, mineral-driven, serious and overtly austere finish. This is very impressive but note that to my taste it is still at least 5 years too early to be popping any corks on this beauty.
The most beguiling sweet violet perfume on the nose – extremely hedonistic. So rich and lovely now! Sumptuous fruit, although there is still quite a lot of tannin underneath. Chiselled for the future but already sweet and rich. Bravo! Be careful to drink with something chewy if you serve it now. (JR)
About the producer
Domaine Ponsot is one of the most well-known estates in the Côte de Nuits, famed for owning three of the original four hectares of the Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. The legendary domaine also produces another nine Grand Cru cuvées.