2005 | Pierre Damoy | Domaine Ponsot

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Red Wine: 2005 | Pierre Damoy | Domaine Ponsot

Full, deep red-ruby. Blackberry, black raspberry, musky leather, minerals and menthol on the nose. At once silky and lively on entry, then dense but fine-grained in the middle, with dark fruit flavors complicated by smoky earth and leather.

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Producer: Pierre Damoy

Ratings: BH | 93 WS | 94

Vintage: 2005

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Full, deep red-ruby. Blackberry, black raspberry, musky leather, minerals and menthol on the nose. At once silky and lively on entry, then dense but fine-grained in the middle, with dark fruit flavors complicated by smoky earth and leather. A serious step up in volume and extract from the village wine: this one has a real thickness. With much more mid-palate material, the rather fine tannins come across as quite harmonious. Finishes with notes of meat and leather.

Reviews:

• Burghound: This is a seductively spicy wine with a nose that borders on the exotic as the floral black fruit aromas display an almost Vosne-like nose with Asian spice and tea notes serving as a beguiling introduction to the exceptionally rich flavors set off by understandably more sophisticated tannins on the long and palate saturating finish. A lovely wine of harmony and fine balance but with serious character and depth. It reminds me a bit of the ’93 in its youth and should age accordingly.

• Wine Spectator: Intense aromas and flavors of violet, cassis, blackberry and damson won’t quit. Succulent and vibrant, with a base of tannins that emerge midpalate, only to be balanced again on the finish with sweet, ripe fruit.

Producer Information

Domaine Pierre Damoy is a Burgundy wine producer located in Gevrey-Chambertin. The family-owned domaine was founded in the 1920s and has been managed by Pierre Damoy since 1992. It is best known for producing Pinot Noir from its Grand Cru vineyard holdings, in particular the Chambertin Clos-de-Bze Grand Cru vineyard.The domaine covers around 11 hectares (27 acres) of vineyard land spread throughout Gevrey-Chambertin’s grand cru vineyards of Chapelle-Chambertin, Chambertin Clos-de-Bze and Le Chambertin. Damoy owns a portion of Chambertin Clos-de-Bze as well as Chapelle-Chambertin. Vines at both sites range from 60-80 years old.Damoy also holds a small area of land in the Chambertin vineyard, and produces Pinot Noir from Marsannay, as well as Bourgogne Blanc and Rouge from vineyards in Fixin and Couchey.For the vinification process, grapes are harvested manually and picked relatively late. The fruit is sorted during picking and once again at the winery, then macerated for up to 15 days. Pinot Noir is fermented in open top vats and punched down by hand. The wines generally age on the lees for 18 months with grand cru wines barrel maturing in up to 100 percent new French oak.