Domain Ponsot Clos de la Roche 2017
The 2017 Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche is a 100% Pinot Noir red Burgundy wine classified as a Grand Cru. This Vieilles Vignes cuvée comes from vines whose grapes originate two-thirds from the original Clos de la Roche climat and one-third from Clos des Monts-Luisants. Harvesting is manual, followed by destemming and fermentation in wooden vats with indigenous yeasts. Ageing lasts 18 months in French oak barrels, with no new oak.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 6
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Morey Saint Denis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Ponsot
- Parcelle / Cru
- Clos-de-la-Roche
- Millésime
- 2017
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.
Clos-de-la-Roche
Clos de la Roche is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically delimited winegrowing terroir located solely within the commune of Morey-Saint-Denis. Its area includes the lieu-dit Clos de la Roche, which is now devoid of walls despite its name, as well as all or part of six neighboring lieux-dits: Les Chabiots, Les Fremières, Les Froichots, Les Genavrières, Les Mochamps, and Monts Luisants. The parcels occupy the lower half of the Côte, between 270 and 300 meters in altitude, on shallow and well-draining soils. The east-facing exposure, sometimes slightly east-south-east, is officially described for all neighboring Grands Crus of Morey-Saint-Denis rather than for this single area alone.
- Vineyard commune
- Morey-Saint-Denis
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name "Roche" is attributed to the large blocks of stone present in the terroir.
- Altitude
- 270–300 m
- Slope
- Gentle in the lower part of the relief
- Soil
- Slightly developed soils, generally carbonatated, shallow, clayey, and well-draining, with scree, clays, and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Bajocian entroquitic limestones in the lower part, intermediate marly level, and hard yet frost-susceptible Bathonian limestone towards the top.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 3.200000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1872
- Vineyard holding status
- owner
- Indicative vine age
- Average age indicated by the estate: 65 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
In 1860, the Viticultural Committee of the arrondissement of Beaune classified the lieu-dit Clos de la Roche and all or part of the neighboring lieux-dits as first class. The Clos de la Roche appellation d'origine contrôlée was recognized by the decree of December 8, 1936, with its area incorporating the main lieu-dit and neighboring parcels in accordance with historical usages. The terroir has long been divided among numerous owners, a land-ownership feature characteristic of this part of Morey-Saint-Denis.
