Domaine des Chezeaux (Domaine Ponsot), Clos St. Denis, Vieilles Vignes 2010 Gewurztraminer The 2015 Grenache Sur Echalas

The 2015 Grenache Sur Echalas Vineyard is stunning

Careful attention is paid to the frequency of pumping over for polyphenolic extraction

it lacks for nothing in its more understated and intensely flavored style

has rocketed to the top of the quality pyramid in the southern French wine region known as Languedoc-Roussillon

yet of Bach-like logic and profoundness

Domaine des Chezeaux (Domaine Ponsot), Clos St. Denis, Vieilles Vignes 2010 Gewurztraminer The 2015 Grenache Sur EchalasThe Clos Saint Denis from Domaine Ponsot is one of the most famous and notorious wines in the world. This was the very wine that got Rudy Kurniawan exposed as a counterfeiter in the wine world when he attempted to sell bottles of the Ponsot Clos Saint Denis produced prior to 1982 The problem is, well, Domaine Ponsot did not produce Clos Saint Denis before 1982! But hey, everybody makes mistakes, right? The vineyard plot we are talking about is the