Domaine Ponsot Morey Saint Denis Cuvee des Grives 2021 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2021 Domaine Ponsot Morey-Saint-Denis Cuvée des Grives is a premier cru red Burgundy made from 100% Pinot Noir in the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The Wine Advocate awarded it a score of 88-90/100, describing a wine with notes of plum, red fruits, peony, and spices, medium to full-bodied, with fleshy substance, depth, and a fine finish.
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
- Morey Saint Denis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Ponsot
- Cuvée
- Cuvée des Grives
- Millésime
- 2021
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.
Cuvée des Grives
This red cuvée from the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation comes from Pinot Noir cultivated at the top of the slope in the Monts-Luisants climat, near the forest. This location and its thin clay-limestone soil bring freshness, tension, and minerality. The Domaine describes it as structured, fruity, and velvety.
- Cuvée creation year
- 1960
- Style of the cuvée
- Structured and taut Morey-Saint-Denis, combining freshness, fruit expression, velvety texture, and a mineral framework.
- Position within the range
- Village-level parcel cuvée within the Domaine's range of Morey-Saint-Denis red wines.
Histoire de la cuvée
The cuvée historically originates from a parcel acquired by the Ponsot family in 1872. Its first separate bottling is documented in 1960.
