Domaine Ponsot Saint Romain Cuvée de la Mésange Blanc 2015 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2015 Domaine Ponsot Saint-Romain Cuvée de la Mésange Blanc is a white Burgundy from the Saint-Romain Village appellation. Made entirely from 100% Chardonnay, it comes from a 0.48-hectare vineyard planted with vines around 30 years old on marly soils with limestone scree. The grapes are harvested manually with sorting in the vineyard. Ageing lasts for 12 months in French oak barrels, without new oak, to preserve the pure expression of the Chardonnay and its terroir.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Saint Romain
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Ponsot
- Cuvée
- Cuvée de la Mésange
- Millésime
- 2015
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.
Cuvée de la Mésange
La Cuvée de la Mésange is a white Saint-Romain made from Chardonnay, officially classified as a Village appellation. The producer's website presents it among the wines of Maison Ponsot. It comes from marly soils with limestone scree and is aged for twelve months in old French oak barrels, with no new oak.
- Style of the cuvée
- White Chardonnay wine favoring the expression of the limestone terroir, with aging in old barrels designed to avoid aromatic marking by new wood.
- Position within the range
- Village-level white Saint-Romain, integrated into the range of wines from Maison Ponsot.
Histoire de la cuvée
The cuvée is officially documented by Ponsot as a wine from Maison Ponsot. Consulted sources do not establish its creation date or the origin of its name.
