Domain Ponsot Griotte Chambertin 2000
Domaine Ponsot Griotte-Chambertin 2000 is a red Burgundy wine from the village of Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte de Nuits. Classified as a Grand Cru, it originates from the Griotte-Chambertin parcel and is crafted exclusively from Pinot Noir. This red appellation, among the most confidential of Gevrey-Chambertin's Grands Crus, covers 2.73 hectares in production. The 2000 vintage thus pairs the signature of Domaine Ponsot with an emblematic climat of the Côte de Nuits.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Ponsot
- Parcelle / Cru
- Griotte-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 2000
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Ponsot
Domaine Ponsot is a family-run estate based in Morey-Saint-Denis, in the Côte de Nuits, whose origins date back to 1872. In particular, it cultivates plots in Clos de la Roche and holds the exclusive rights to the white premier cru Clos des Monts-Luisants, planted with Aligoté. The estate is managed by Rose-Marie Ponsot, with Alexandre Abel in charge of winemaking.
- Owner
- Famille Ponsot (Rose-Marie, Catherine et Stéphanie Ponsot)
- Maître de chais
- Alexandre Abel
- Surface (ha)
- 8.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 50 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Domaine Ponsot traces its origins back to 1872, when William Ponsot acquired the Clos des Monts-Luisants and a plot of the Clos de la Roche in Morey-Saint-Denis. Following the phylloxera crisis, in 1911 he replanted his white wine plot at Monts-Luisants with Aligoté; some of these vines are still in the ground today. His godson, Hippolyte Ponsot, succeeded him in 1920 and expanded the estate by acquiring another plot of Clos de la Roche. He then embarked on a programme to replant Pinot Noir vines during the 1920s and 1930s. Hippolyte began bottling on the estate in 1921, and the wines were exported from the 1930s onwards. A lawyer by training, he played a part in the work to safeguard Burgundy’s appellations contrôlées. From the 1950s onwards, Jean-Marie Ponsot developed soil management practices and continued massal selections of Pinot Noir, which led to the clones released in the 1970s and 1980s. Laurent Ponsot joined the estate in 1981, before taking over its management alongside his sister Rose-Marie from 1997 onwards. Laurent Ponsot stepped down from the family business in 2017 to found his own winery; Rose-Marie Ponsot then took over the management of the estate. Alexandre Abel has been in charge of winemaking since 2017, whilst Rose-Marie Ponsot has been chair of Domaine Ponsot since 2020.
Griotte-Chambertin
Griotte-Chambertin is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated terroir, situated entirely within the small lieu-dit "En Griotte" in Gevrey-Chambertin. The vines occupy the piedmont of a small east-facing amphitheater, on a relatively steep and very stony slope. The shallow, underdeveloped soils, generally carbonated and well-draining despite their clay content, overlie scree deposits mixed with red clays and silts. The substrate consists of hard Bajocian limestone, notably entroquitc limestone.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name derives from the Burgundian "cras" or "criot", usually designating very stony terrain, rather than directly from the fruit known as the griotte cherry.
- Exposure
- East
- Slope
- relatively steep
- Soil
- Shallow, carbonated, clayey and well-draining soils, very stony, with scree, clays, and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Plateau fringe and hard limestone substrate from the Middle Bajocian, notably entroquitc limestone.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1982
- Vineyard holding status
- Former sharecropping agreement with the Mercier family, taken over by Laurent Ponsot after his departure from the estate in 2017
- Indicative vine age
- Average age indicated as 18 years in 2008 for the vines then farmed by Domaine Ponsot.
Histoire de la parcelle
The reputation of the climat, adjacent to Clos de Bèze, appears established as early as the 18th century, its wines being expensive at the time and often associated with Chambertin. At the beginning of the 20th century, they were commonly marketed under the name "Griotte-Chambertin". A 1931 ruling by the Dijon court recognized this appellation of origin and established its geographical boundaries, prior to the official recognition of the AOC by the decree of July 31, 1937.
