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CHATEAU DE POMMARD
Wine Chateau on the Route des Grand Vins Bourgogne

The largest private vineyard in modern Burgundy the Chateau de Pommand dates back to 1726. In France, there are chateaus to visit, some to stay in and some with a history of wine making, and Chateau de Pommand is one of the latter. Located just south of the Burgundy region historic town of Beaune (see Beaune) along the Road of the Great Wines, the winery is one of the oldest in Burgundy making wines since the 1700’s, but the chateau and its vineyards have passed through many hands in its history.

The original chateau was built by Vivant de Micault a secretary to King Louis XVI as the Chateau Micault. The estate was bought and the chateau sold in anticipation of the coming revolution. Later Napoleon kept a room at the chateau, a friend of the family and lover of its wines. In 1855 the Clos du Château de Pommard was one of the first listed among the "Premières Cuvées". The current winery and estate was acquired in 2003 by winemaster Maurice Giraud.

The winery prides itself on its Pinot Noir grapes known as the “ruby of the Cote d’Or”. The wines of Chateau Pommard have been served on fine French dining tables since the late 17th Century. The signature bottle of the chateau’s label is based on a unique hand-blown design from the pre-revolution. The chateau itself is far from a grand castle of one’s imagination of a Burgundy chateau originally more a nobleman’s farm house on the agricultural estate.so the focus of a visit here is mostly for the wine. For a more castle variety of chateau near Beaune see Châteauneuf-en-Auxois a few kilometers away.

A visit to Chateau de Pommard takes you into the vaulted 300 year old wine cellars with hundreds of oak aging barrels and almost 400,000 bottles, some of which have been aging for almost 50 years. Then a visit to the small “Wines and Vines” Museum with chateau vineyard and regional wine making history and a wine press dating from the 17th Century. The house artwork includes a Salvadore Dali statue of “Saint George and the Dragon” in the chateau courtyard. The wine tasting comes with an informative lesson on the wines of the region and the particular processes at the chateau and a relaxing rose garden.

The Chateau de Pommard is open 7 days a week from March 9 to November 30 9:30 to 6:30. Just 2 kilometers from the center of Beaune, without a car the chateau winery is close enough for a bike ride, a healthy hike, or public bus from Beaune to the ville of Pommard. Beaune rail station is a TGV French high speed rail stop about two hours from Paris and a half hour from Dijon. © Bargain Travel Europe 

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CHATEAU MARSANNAY: ROUTE GRAND CRUS

CURIOUS WINE ROAD OF PROVENCE

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