A Régence château of 1726 and a 20-hectare walled vineyard at the entrance to Pommard.
€290for a half-day wine tour from Beaune, up to 4 guests
Private driver from Beaune: 9 min by road (4 km), €60 one way for the whole car.
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The Château de Pommard stands at the edge of the village on the road from Beaune, facing a French garden. Its estate includes the Clos Marey-Monge, a single walled vineyard of 20 hectares. It is a busy wine estate that welcomes visitors for tastings and wine courses.
In 1726 Vivant Micault, from an old Pommard family, built the château and its winery buildings around a paved courtyard. A chapel dedicated to Saint Vivant was blessed in 1736. In 1763 Claude Marey bought the estate. Around 1789 his son Nicolas-Joseph sold the Micault château but kept the vines and cellars. In 1795 he married Émilie Monge, daughter of the scientist Gaspard Monge, and built a second château nearby.
The Marey-Monge family built the great wall around the Clos in 1812. In 1855 Jules Lavalle, in his classification of the wines of the Côte-d'Or, placed the Clos du château de Pommard among the first growths. The Laplanche family bought the estate in 1936, and in 1966 the psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche reunited it with the Micault château. The Giraud family followed in 2003, and Michael Baum and Julie Carabello in 2014.
The Micault château is a Régence house with a mansard roof of flat tiles. On the courtyard side, a central bay in dressed stone opens onto a stone perron. On the garden side, a triangular pediment carries a coat of arms, with carved busts and a stone balcony. A French garden lies across the rue Marey, and long vaulted cellars run beneath the paved courtyards.
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The château is open every day for tastings, from introductions to Burgundy to private tastings of the estate's wines. Its cellars and vineyards are closed to visitors during the current renovation. It also runs WSET wine courses. Tastings last 45 minutes to an hour. Booking ahead is wise in high season.
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Château de Pommard is about 9 min from Beaune by road (4 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €60 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? The Clos Marey-Monge is enclosed by a stone wall about two metres high, built in 1812. The estate calls it the largest single-owner vineyard in Burgundy.
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Half-day wine tour from Beaune: €290 for the car, up to 4 guests
