AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Côte d’Or
Communes of Production
- Pommard
Styles and Encépagement
- Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay
- Rouge „Premier Cru“
Assemblage
- per encépagement
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Rouge: 10.5%
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 11%
Minimum Must Weights
- Rouge: 180 g/l (171 g/l prior to 2011)
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 189 g/l (180 g/l prior to 2011)
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Rouge: 2 g/l
Élevage
- Wines must be aged until at least June 15 of the year following the harvest
Minimum Planting Density
- 9,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Rouge: 50 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 48 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Principal Soil Type
- clay-limestone with marl on the higher slopes
AOC Established
- 1936 (last updated 2011)
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Premier Cru Vineyards of Pommard (28)
| Vineyard | Size** | Major Producers | Notes |
| Clos Blanc | 4.18 ha | Louis Jadot (Domaine du Château de la Commaraine), Henri Boillot, Domaine du Clos du Moulin aux Moines | Records of ownership begin in 1485 with the Abbaye de Mazières. „Clos Blanc“ was the first vineyard in Pommard replanted after phylloxera struck in the 19th century. |
| Origin of Name: The vineyard’s name refers to the color of its soil. | |||
| Clos de la Commaraine | 3.75 ha | Louis Jadot, Pierre André | The vineyard is technically a monopole, as it is wholly owned by the Jaboulet-Vercherre family, but since 2006 the grapes have been sold to both Jadot and André, and both producers label their wines as „monopole.“ |
| Origin of Name: The Count of Vienne, Lord of Commarain, was a historic owner of this site. | |||
| Clos des Epeneaux | 5.23 ha | Comte Armand, monopole | 4.6 ha of this vineyard is located in Les Petit Epenots with the remainder in Les Grands Epenots. This parcel has remained under the same single family’s ownership since 1756. |
| Origin of Name: „Epeneaux“ is derived from espinel, a word used to describe an area filled with thorny bushes. In Latin, spina translates to thorn. The vineyard’s name first appeared in the archives of the Abbey of Cîteaux in 1260, as „En Espeneaul.“ | |||
| Clos de Verger | 2.11 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: „Verger“ = „orchard“; coincidentally, „Pommard“ itself is derived from the Latin pomareum, or „apple orchard.“ | |||
| Derrière Saint-Jean | 0.11 ha | Violot-Guillemard, monopole | This is the smallest Premier Cru monopole vineyard in the Cote d’Or. |
| Origin of Name: The vineyard is located behind („derrière“) a chapel dedicated to Saint-Jean Baptiste (St. John the Baptist). | |||
| En Largillière | 3.99 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: „Largillière“, like argille, refers to clay. | |||
| Les Arvelets | 8.46 ha | AF Gros, Pierre André, Roblet-Monnot | |
| Origin of Name: Arvelet was a historic owner of this site. | |||
| Les Bertins | 3.54 ha | Henri Delagrange | |
| Origin of Name: Bertin was a historic owner of the site. | |||
| Les Boucherottes | 1.50 ha | Coste-Caumartin, monopole | |
| Origin of Name: „Boucherottes“ is derived from buisson, or „bush.“ | |||
| La Chanière | 2.78 ha | Catherine et Claude Maréchal | |
| Origin of Name: „Chanière“, like chêne, refers to an oak tree. A forest once stood on this site. | |||
| Les Chanlins-Bas | 4.43 ha | AF Gros, Bernard Vaudoisey, Monthelie-Douhairet | |
| Origin of Name: Cultivation of flax for linen (lin) once occurred on this site: „Champ-lins“ = „field of linen“; „Bas“ = „low“ | |||
| Les Chaponnières | 2.87 ha | Billard-Gonnet, Parent | |
| Origin of Name: In the Burgundian dialect, chapons are vine cuttings. | |||
| Les Charmots | 9.65 ha | Billard-Gonnet, Aleth Girardin | |
| Origin of Name: „Charmots“ has the same etymological origin as charmes or chaume, indicating a vineyard that lay fallow (en friche) for a time prior to replanting. | |||
| Le Clos Micot | 2.83 ha | Joseph Voillot, Parent | |
| Origin of Name: The vineyard once belonged to the Micault family – Phillibert Micault was a Castellan (governor) of Pommard and Volnay in the 14th century. The alternative spelling „Clos Micault“ is used by some producers. | |||
| Les Combes Dessus | 2.79 ha | Bouchard, Marquis d’Angerville | |
| Origin of Name: „Above the valley“ | |||
| Les Croix Noires | 1.28 ha | Louis Boillot, de Courcel | |
| Origin of Name: „The black cross“, which once stood in the vineyard. | |||
| Les Fremiers | 5.13 ha | de Courcel, Jean-Marc Bouley, Lucien Boillot, Louis Boillot | Les Fremiers is adjacent to the Premier Cru Les Fremiets in Volnay. |
| Origin of Name: Fremiet was a historic owner of the site. | |||
| Les Grands Epenots | 10.15 ha | de Courcel, de Montille, Jean Monnier | This site contains Jean Monnier’s 2.92 ha monopole lieu-dit Clos des Cîteaux, and 4.6 ha of Comte Armand’s Clos des Epeneaux. In 2011, Pommard producers petitioned the INAO to create a single Les Epenots Grand Cru. |
| Origin of Name: „Epeneaux“ is derived from espinel, a word used to describe an area filled with thorny bushes. In Latin, spina translates to „thorn.“ The vineyard’s name first appeared in the archives of the Abbey of Cîteaux in 1260, as „En Espeneaul.“ | |||
| Les Jarolières | 3.24 ha | Jean-Marc Boillot, Pousse d’Or | |
| Origin of Name: „Jarolières“ is derived from the old French word valor, or „malicious spirit.“ The area was frequented by thieves. | |||
| Les Petits Epenots | 15.14 ha | Moissenet-Bonnard, Parent, de Courcel, Hospices de Beaune | |
| Origin of Name: „Epeneaux“ is derived from espinel, a word used to describe an area filled with thorny bushes. In Latin, spina translates to „thorn.“ The vineyard’s name first appeared in the archives of the Abbey of Cîteaux in 1260, as „En Espeneaul.“ | |||
| Les Pézerolles | 5.91 ha | de Montille, Parent, Michel Lafarge, Joseph Voillot, AF Gros, Domaine du Clos du Moulin aux Moines | The Abbaye of Maizières originally acquired the vineyards of „Cîteaux Pézerolles“ in 1222. |
| Origin of Name: The Pézerolle family were historic owners of the site. | |||
| La Platière | 2.53 ha | This site includes both Premier Cru and village AOP land. | |
| Origin of Name: „Platière“, like plat, means „flat.“ | |||
| Les Poutures | 4.13 ha | Joseph Drouhin | Joseph Drouhin produces Clos des Poutures from a 0.66 ha monopole vineyard within this site (previously produced by Louis Jadot). |
| Origin of Name: „Poutures“ = „swamp“ | |||
| La Refène | 2.31 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: „Refène“ is derived from „faner,“ a word that refers to drying hay. | |||
| Les Rugiens Bas | 5.83 ha | de Montille, Jean-Marc Boillot, Joseph Voillot, Aleth Girardin | This is generally considered to be superior to Les Rugiens Hauts. Nonetheless, in 2011 Pommard producers petitioned the INAO to create a single Rugiens Grand Cru. |
| Origin of Name: „Rugiens“ recalls the color of the soil, tinted red by iron oxide. | |||
| Les Rugiens Hauts | 6.83 ha | de Courcel, Faiveley | |
| Origin of Name: See above. | |||
| Les Saussilles | 3.84 ha | Jean-Marc Boillot, Domaine du Clos du Moulin aux Moines | Clos Orgelot, a one-hectare monopole of the Domaine du Clos du Moulin aux Moines, is a lieu-dit within the southern sector of this vineyard. |
| Origin of Name: „Saussilles“ is derived from the Old French saus, or „willow tree.“ | |||
| Le Village | |||
| **Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy. Rev. ed. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2008. | |||