Address: 15 rue Marey Monge Pommard 21630 France
Phone: +33 03 80 22 12 59
Website: www.chateaudepommard.com
Tours and tastings can be booked via the website from March 1st till November 30th
Opened 7 days a week from 9:30 am till 6:30 pm

Wine grower Maurice Giraud states that his ambition is to make every visitor to Château de Pommard wonder as they go back in time to discover the treasures of thier Château. Since 1726, the history of Bourgogne and that of Château de Pommard have been closely intertwined. For over three centuries, the Château has cultivated the passion and know-how of Bourgogne. Over the years, the reputation of the Château and its wine spread across the world. “People come here to admire our heritage buildings, vineyards and prestigious wines - they go around our estate and fill their cellars with our nectar, so rare and so divine. Times seems to have stood still here, in what is a true place for meditation and contemplation, where you can discover the love winegrowers have for their land. The culture of excellence can be seen everywhere.”

Today, Château de Pommard is the largest private vineyard in Bourgogne. Its 20 hectares of wines in a single plot belonging to the same owner are enclosed by a two-metre high wall. That very fact makes it unique. Its terroir draws its strength from a clay and limestone soil that was formed in the Upper Jurassic age and the microclimate that prevails in the vineyard. Each plot has its own identity, which is why Philippe Charlopin, the master winemaker, makes the wine from them separately. The quintessence of Pommard is expressed by the old vines, which bring out the best of pinot noir. As the grapes turn into Pommard wine, the vine stocks and the terroir exult, to produce the most exciting tastes.

A wooden door opens onto another world. As they enter, visitors bow their heads almost religiously, and voices drop instinctively. You go down a few steps and enter a true sanctuary. Here, the spirit of Château de Pommard has been breathing for three centuries. 400,000 bottles and hundreds of oak casks stand in a line at a constant temperature of 12°C. They improve as the years go by and keep watch over the place. There, at the heart of the captivating arched cellars, the treasure of the Château can be seen. Emotion and contemplation, the feeling of wonder is great. This is the holiest of the holies, the sacred place. Nobody can be indifferent.

As a starter before the tour of the property, the Château de Pommard museum is a tribute paid to the growing of wine and the perpetuation of traditions by those who look after the estate. It offers a rare collection of ancient tools that were used by winegrowers through the ages. Each tool has its history, role and function. Majestic and unique, a 17th-century press connects the Château to the History of winegrowing in Bourgogne.

With the images going round in their minds and their senses fully alert, visitors to Château de Pommard end their tour with that lasting ritual of tasting the wines produced here. In the cellars designed for that purpose, our oenology advisers will introduce you to the ancestral knowledge of the gourmets of Bourgogne. Fill the glass, let it breathe, take in the first aromas it exhales, hold the glass by the stem and swirl the wine to release its bouquet and swirl it again to approach its nuances.

So many revelations even before the wine enters the mouth and expresses itself to the taste buds! And finally, experience the joy of being able to enrich your cellar with bottles bearing the arms of Château de Pommard.Every visit in the Château de Pommard is a only moment as much as inescapable. You cannot, indeed, leave Burgundy without having discovered this jewel of the architecture and the French heritage where Napoleon stayed at multiple occasions.

Connecting the history of the gastronomy to that some wine, the kitchen of the Castle, its immense stony chimney fascinate the most curious. Its rose garden and its formal garden invite you to meditate whereas his museum of the vineyard, its press of the XVIIth century open you the doors of time.

And guided, you discover as much the History of the places as a magnificent world, that of the wine and its ocean of vine. The ground speaks then to those who know how to listen to him. Crossing the paved court, returning honor to the historic lightnings, you admire “St Georges bringing down the Dragon”, the famous statue of Salvador Dali, before discovering the cuverie, the place of all the alchemies. The secrets of the vineyard and the wine making will then be revealed to you.

Buried underground, the cellars of the castle can finally reveal you their treasure, 400.000 bottles and hundreds of oak barrels. There, prestigious wines will lend themselves in the most personalized by the tastings. An unforgettable moment!