This bottling reflects one of Burgundy's more unusual arrangements: Domaine des Chezeaux owns the Griotte-Chambertin vines, but contracts Domaine Ponsot to farm, vinify, and bottle the wine. So while the front label reads Chezeaux, what's in the bottle is effectively a Ponsot Griotte — same hands, same cellar, same 100% destemming approach. Griotte itself is one of the smallest grand crus on the Côte de Nuits (just 2.7 hectares). The name is often associated with the wine's signature cherry-pit perfume — though the etymology actually traces to a Burgundian word for stony soil. Fifteen years on, the 2010 is opening into its prime window.