Pommard

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  • Category

    Village appellation

  • Wine-producing region

    VIGNOBLE DE LA CÔTE DE BEAUNE

  • Creation of the appellation

    11 septembre 1936,

  • Colour

    Red wines only - Pinot Noir

  • Area under production*:
    1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m2 = 24 ouvrées.
    341.66 ha (including 115.62 ha Premier Cru).

    * in 2018 
     

  • Appellation Village of the Côte de Beaune region (Côte-d’Or).
    Producing commune: Pommard.
    This appellation includes 28 Premiers Crus, the best known of which are Les Rugiens and Les Épenots.
    On the label, the appellation POMMARD and POMMARD PREMIER CRU may be followed by the name of their Climat of origin.
     

Wine Characteristics - Pommard

Wine
Characteristics

Beware of preconceived notions! The fame of Pommard in the 19th century earned it the image of a wine that is both forceful and virile. In reality, time, terroir and methods of vinification have all combined to create a more subtle reality, a wine that is both richer and more sensitive. Its colour is the deep, dark red with mauve highlights which caused Victor Hugo to speak of it as “night in combat with day”. Its aromas are redolent of blackberry, bilberry, or gooseberry, cherry pit and ripe plum. Often, wild and feline notes develop with age. At full maturity, it tends towards leather, chocolate and pepper.
It needs to be given time to open up to its fullest extent and to display its mouth-filling texture, its firm but delicate structure, its fruit-filled mouth, and its chewy tannins, which by then will be properly smoothed down. A “rich” wine ? Certainly.
 

Wine Steward’s Tip - Pommard

Wine
Steward’s Tip

This illustrious representative of the Côte de Beaune with its dense and massive tannins revels in furred or feathered game, braised or roasted, which will find in Pommard (and especially in the Premiers Crus) an invaluable collaborator. Thick cut beefsteak, lamb, or stewed poultry will respond to its firm-textured tannins and concentrated aromas. It is a natural partner for cheeses with well-developed flavours: Époisses, Langres and Soumaintrain, but also Comté.
Serving temperature: 14 to 16°C.
 

Situation - Pommard

Situation

For centuries Pommard has been considered the typical Bourgogne: deep red in colour, powerfully aromatic, solid and trustworthy. The very name Pommard has a generous ring to it and fills the mouth as it fills the glass. Pommard with its smiling vineyards lies between Beaune and Volnay where the Côte de
Beaune makes a slight turn towards Autun. These lands formerly belonged to the Dukes of Bourgogne, to religious houses including the abbey of Cîteaux, or to old families such as the Marey-Monge family. As early as the Middle Ages, Pommard was thought of as the flower of Bourgogne wines - the wine to which all others were compared. The appellation, one of the first AOC to be so designated (1936), grows only red wines from the Pinot Noir grape.
 

Terroirs - Pommard

Terroirs

On the lower ground the soil is ancient alluvium. Mid-slope, the clay-limestone soils are well drained thanks to the inclusion of rock debris. Higher still are Jurassic (Oxfordian) marls, brown calcic soils, and brown limestone soils. In places, the soil is reddened by the presence of iron. Exposure: south or east.
Altitudes: 250 to 330 metres.

List of "Climats et Lieux-dits"
for this appellation

"Climats" classified as 1er Cru

Clos Blanc Clos de la CommaraineClos de VergerClos des EpeneauxDerrière Saint-JeanEn LargillièreLa ChanièreLa PlatièreLa RefèneLe Clos MicotLe VillageLes ArveletsLes BertinsLes BoucherottesLes Chanlins-BasLes ChaponnièresLes CharmotsLes Combes DessusLes Croix NoiresLes FremiersLes Grands EpenotsLes JarolièresLes PerrièresLes Petits EpenotsLes PézerollesLes PouturesLes Rugiens BasLes Rugiens HautsLes Saussilles

Lieux-dits

ChaffaudClos BeauderDerrière Saint-JeanEn BoeufEn BresculEn ChiveauEn MareauEn MoigelotLa ChanièreLa CombotteLa Croix BlancheLa Croix PlanetLa LevrièreLa Plante aux ChèvresLa VacheLe Bas des SaussillesLe PoisotLes Chanlins-BasLes Chanlins-HautsLes Combes DessousLes CrasLes LambotsLes NoizonsLes Petits NoizonsLes RiottesLes TavannesLes Vaumuriens-BasLes Vaumuriens-HautsLes VignotsRue au PorcTrois FollotsVillage
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