Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Cuvée du Chêne Grand Cru 2016 Pessac Leognan the 2019 Crozes Hermitage Blanc

the 2019 Crozes Hermitage Blanc Domaine de Roure is a terrific effort

with savory notes of black olives and roast meat to balance out the ripe fruit and a lingering

Round and full-bodied

Five barrels instead of 20

Hints of rose petal

Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Cuvée du Chêne Grand Cru 2016 Pessac Leognan the 2019 Crozes Hermitage Blanc91 94 points Burghound, Allen Meadows This is the first wine to exhibit any appreciable amount of reduction and it's enough to overshadow the underlying fruit at present. Otherwise there is an almost painful intensity to the even more mineral driven big bodied flavors that offer strikingly good persistence if not quite the same depth on the youthfully austere finish. Still the underlying material appears to be of excellent quality and thus more