Pommard

To most interested observers, Pommard is the most important red wine appellation of the Côte de Beaune. Planted almost exclusively to Pinot Noir, it encompasses more than 200ha of vineyards sandwiched between Beaune, to the east, and Volnay, to the west.

The Pinot Noirs of Pommard are the most powerful and long-lived in the Côte de Beaune sub-region. Its mosaic of soils with high levels of iron-rich clay yield rich, structured and deeply coloured wines. While the wines of the Pommard Premiers Crus (there are no Grands Crus here) tend to require several years of cellaring before they are approachable, those of Pommard AOC can be drunk much sooner.

Pommard takes its name from the the ancient Roman goddess Pomona. The goddess of fruiting trees, orchards and, more generally, of nature’s abundance, Pomona is often pictured wielding a pruning knife – a tool of considerable utility in the Pommard of today.