18 - 1999 Ponsot, Clos de la Roche, Vieilles Vignes, 3 bottle

1999 Ponsot, Clos de la Roche, Vieilles Vignes, 3 bottle Bottle conditions : 1nl, 1sdc (in bond) All condition and packaging abbreviations (e.g., owc, ts, lbsl, etc.) are given in their original English form. Refer to our catalog for an explanation of these abbreviations. Wine notes: "This was a magical bottle of the 1999 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes, a wine that's just beginning to hit its stride as it approaches its 20th birthday, unfurling in the glass with aromas of red berries, cassis, dark chocolate, cinnamon, dried rose petals and orange rind. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and immensely concentrated, with a broad attack, lovely acids and a formidable reserve of creamy old-vine fruit, structured around a chalky chassis of tannin that evokes the great old Burgundies of yesteryear. Concluding with a long and expansive finish, this is still a young wine, and another two decades of aging won't be a problem. But it's now clear that this ranks as one of Ponsot's greatest recent hits and one of the high points of this reputed vintage."(98pts) Provenance: The Art of Collecting: Fifty-three lots from a successful international restaurateur, who ranks among the world’s most important fine art collectors and approaches wine with the same trained eye. Highlights include 1990 Beauséjour Duffau-Lagarrosse, 1970 Latour in bottle and magnum, 1964 Pétrus, eight bottles and a magnum of 1990 Comte de Vogüé Musigny Vieilles Vignes, and six magnums of 2005 Clos de Tart in OWC. White Burgundy centers on fourteen lots of Comte Lafon from 1987 to 2011, and Italy closes with four bottles of 1971 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva. All wines removed from his countryside manor in England. Refer to original catalog header sections for additional information on provenance when available.