THE DOMAINE PONSOT PHILOSOPHY
The three types of viticulture explored above, namely sustainable practices, organic agriculture and biodynamic farming, are all based on a negative observation: humans have gone too far in their quest for profitability and have not been sufficiently concerned about the future of the vine. And this is no doubt true.
At Domaine Ponsot, this concern or rather this process of respecting Nature is very ancient. It...
William Ponsot established the Domaine in 1772 after the Prussian war. It was not until after the 19th century, however, that the Domaine began to take its present form under the influence of Jean-Marie’s uncle who had 7.4 acres of vineyards but no children. When his nephew, Jean-Marie’s father, took over in 1922, the inheritance had become only 2.47 acres. By the time Jean-Marie started working in 1949, land purchases had increased holdings t...
From sustainable practices to biodynamic growing...
In order to move towards practices that are more environmentally friendly and return to a true expression of the terroir (which should be reinstated as one of the AOC themes), many wine estates are debating the issues of sustainable management in vineyards and organic farming. We will examine three different types of viticulture here :
SUSTAINABLE PRACTICESKnown as "la lutte raisonn...
At Domaine Ponsot we produce wines uninfluenced by fashion. These choice are not dictated by a kind of occultism resulting from what today is known as "non-interventionism". On the contrary, it is much more difficult to resist the temptation, however human it may be, to correct such and such a defect appearing during the maturation of the wine, or to take action earlier in the process and modify vine cultivation in order to standardise quality...
1872 - Originally from St Romain in Côte d'Or, William Ponsot purchased a wine estate in Morey-St-Denis and set up home there. His major parcels of land at that time were :
1920 - His nephew and godson, Hippolyte Ponsot, took over the Domaine after completing his career as a diplomat. With the help of his brother, Henri Ponsot, who...
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