Gevrey Chambertin Cuvee de l'Abeille 2008 Domaine Ponsot

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (90)

Bright, fresh cherry fruit is tinged with vanilla as well as lemon and tangerine oil on the pungent nose and abundantly juicy palate of Ponsot’s 2008 Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvee de l’Abeille, a cuvee cut from the same –almost white wine-like – cloth as its appellation Bourgogne sibling. There is a subtly sense of satin to the texture here and no sense of bifurcation or awkward tartness. Practically Chablis-like suggestions of meat stock and mineral savor inform a long, lip smacking finish. This should be fascinating to follow and to creatively employ at table over the next 5-7 years, though whether for longer than that I don’t feel at all able to predict given the wine’s literally off-the-charts character.