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 2020 is the first release since the vineyard was replanted following the 2012 vintage, using mass-selection cuttings at 11,000 vines per hectare. For now, only the best fruit from the site is used to make this cuvée, with the rest declassified into Ponsot’s Bourgogne rouge. It is a fleshy and refined Gevrey that displays Ponsot’s deep, pure-fruited (low-yield and late-picked) style. Lovely purity and class on offer here. Welcome back Cuvée de l'Abeille!