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INVESTMENT OFFER:
GRIOTTE-CHAMBERTIN 2009 GRAND CRU, DOMAINE PONSOT |
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Griotte-Chambertin 2009 Grand Cru, Domaine Ponsot (94
pts BurgHound)
£1,200 per 6 bottle case
(18 CASES AVAILABLE - EXCLUDING MANAGEMENT FEE)
“The results are as distinctive as the
methods…these are perhaps the most powerful
wines in Burgundy…it is amazing how phenomenal
Ponsot’s wines can be”
Robert
Parker Jr
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Key Points
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Total Annual Average Production = 3,950 bottles = c. 660 cases (6x75cl).
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One of the most iconic wine producers in Burgundy.
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Burgundy continues to perform well - high levels of demand at auction.
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Strong long term potential, highly collectable.
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We are the Lowest UK price at around 5% below market.
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Background
Ponsot was one of only a dozen domaines to begin estate
bottling prior to the war in 1934 and after training as a
lawyer, Hippolyte’s diplomatic skills proved key helping to
define the Appellation d’origine controlle system in
Burgundy throughout the year of 1935.
Fast forward a generation and it is now the grandson of
Hippolyte; Laurent Ponsot who runs the domaine having taken
over winemaking duties from his father Jean-Marie in 1983.
His production methods have been unique ever since and the
domaine grows wine with a clear biodynamic theme; using no
fertilizers, pesticides or weed killers and refraining from
the use of a more common sorting table, favouring grapes
hand picked into wicker baskets. With many winemakers now
seemingly desperate to make their biodynamic status official
and despite many similarities in his methods of production,
Laurent Ponsot insists that the domaine is distanced from
this tag.
The wines are late harvested, with Ponsot often the last
domaine to harvest in the Cote de Nuits and then aged slowly
on lees for up to 30 months.
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Focus on Griotte-Chambertin
1990 vintage = 95 pts (best ever score) = £6,108 per 12
(£509 per bottle) +154.5%
2005 vintage = 94 pts = £4,200 per 12 (£350 per bottle) +75%
2009 was originally scored 92-95 pts and Allen Meadows says
the following:
‘’This is a really impressive effort and if the palate
complexity can eventually match that of the nose, this
should be able to achieve, or perhaps even exceed, the
upper end of my predicted range.’’
If the wine does perform in barrel in line with Allen’s
suggestions, then it would become the highest scored vintage
of this wine produced with the potential to be greater than
the 1990.
‘’Overall, Ponsot has fashioned brilliant wines in 2009 and
while at this early stage they're not quite as good as his
other worldly '05s, there isn't much to separate the two
vintages.’
This would suggest the 68% disparity in price between 09 and
05 is worth a closer look. Buyers looking to pick up the
best value option between the two, will undoubtedly side
with the 2009 pushing prices upwards..
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Comparison
Price Comparison
The above table shows the recent price appreciation of this
wine on average over the past 7 years. There has clearly
been a growing interest in Ponsot’s offerings across the
board but the Griottes-Chambertin Grand Cru has moved more
steadily than others and remained somewhat under the radar.
Vintage Comparison
Vintage quality is arguable more important than individual
critic scores in Burgundy, so it is important to look at the
relative quality of the 2009 vintage versus equivalent
vintages.
The table above clearly highlights the value merit of the
2009 vintage by comparison to the 2005 and 1990.
Incidentally, 2009 is considered alongside the other great
vintages of Burgundy. Thus, at present the gap in price does
not correlate with their comparable quality..
Burgundy Performance
‘Top Burgundy has outperformed top Bordeaux by a staggering 50% since the market peaked (June 2011)’
Liv-Ex.
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Upper Ham Road, Richmond TW10 5LA.
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