This particular section of the lieu-dit in Gevrey-Chambertin (located on the far side of the Route Nationale across from Clos Prieur) at one time used to be classified as Gevrey villages. It was declassified down to Bourgogne in 1964, for at the time a few vineyards in the neighboring village of Brochon were re-classified up as Gevrey-Chambertin villages, including the superb vineyard of Evocelles, and the part of Pressoniers that was allowed to be sold as Gevrey AC was downgraded to keep balance in the AOC. Philippe Roty noted that there was a thirty year grace period for those whose vines were downgraded, so until 1994, many vignerons with vines in Pressoniers continued to sell the wine as Gevrey AC.
