L’Abeille means honeybee. This wine comes from half a hectare in Les Epointures, a well-placed site under Clos-Prieur and near Chapelle-Chambertin. The 2022 is the third release since the vineyard was replanted following the 2012 vintage, using mass-selection cuttings at 11,000 vines per hectare. For now, Ponsot uses only the best fruit from the site in this cuvée, with the rest declassified into their Bourgogne rouge. As per the Cuvée des Grives, this wine matured for 14 months in old barrels averaging 20 years. It is a fleshy and refined Gevrey that displays Ponsot’s deep, pure-fruited style—lovely purity and class on offer here.
“Charming and gourmand, the 2022 Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée de l'Abeille offers up aromas of plums, raspberries, dark chocolate and petals, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple and velvety palate. It's produced from young vines in lieu-dit Epointures.” 88-90 points, William Kelley, RobertParker.com
“One plot, replanted in 2014, in Les Epointures. An intense and broadly based purple colour. Despite the youth of the vines, the intensity is there at the start, with a strong presence of raspberries, quite tight, rather firm acidity, medium bodied behind. Sound and quite long. Nine barrels made. Drink from 2027-2033.” 89-91 points, Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy