Alouettes
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 8–20 years from the vintage release, as it develops complex tertiary notes of forest floor and truffle.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, roasted pheasant
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Ponsot's Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru 'Clos des Alouettes' is a celebrated monopole that captures the soul of this historic estate. The vineyard's name, translating to 'Enclosure of the Larks,' evokes the high-altitude, sun-drenched slopes where these birds gather above the village. Perched on thin, stony limestone soils, this terroir imparts a striking mineral tension and ethereal elegance to the wine. True to the Ponsot philosophy, the winemaking is fiercely traditional: fermentations rely on native yeasts in ancient wooden vats, and the wine is aged entirely in seasoned oak barrels with no new wood, preserving the pristine, unadorned expression of Pinot Noir. The result is a Premier Cru of exceptional purity, balancing vibrant red fruit with wild herbal notes and a refined, chalky structure.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1872 by William Ponsot, Domaine Ponsot is an iconic estate headquartered in Morey-Saint-Denis in the heart of Burgundy's Côte de Nuits. Renowned for its historical independence and pioneering spirit, the domaine was among the earliest in the region to practice estate-bottling in the 1930s and champion clonal selection. The estate operates under a philosophy of minimal intervention, utilizing low-yield ancient vines, late harvesting for optimal physiological ripeness, and aging in seasoned, neutral oak casks to preserve terroir purity. Domaine Ponsot is globally celebrated for its majestic, long-lived Pinot Noir expressions from Grand Crus such as Clos de la Roche and Clos Saint-Denis, alongside its singular, historic Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru Clos des Monts Luisants made from old-vine Aligoté.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13% - 13.5%