Domaine Michel Rebourgeon
A small family estate in Pommard, with premier cru vines ploughed by horse and a tasting cellar open every day.
- Wine experience
- 10 min from Beaune
- Allow 30 minutes to 1 hour
- Pommard
€60one way from Beaune with a private driver
At a glance
- Official website
- domaine-michel-rebourgeon.com
Getting there
Private driver from Beaune: 10 min by road (5 km), €60 one way for the whole car.
Or add it to our half-day wine tour, €290.
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About the place
Domaine Michel Rebourgeon is a family estate of 4.25 hectares in Pommard, Volnay and Beaune. Its tasting cellar on the place de l'Europe, in the centre of Pommard, is open every day, preferably by appointment. The family sells its whole production in bottle, about 20,000 bottles a year.
What you will see
In the caveau you can taste the range, from regional Bourgogne to Pommard premiers crus such as Les Rugiens, Les Arvelets, Les Charmots and Les Pézerolles, Volnay premiers crus Les Brouillards and La Carelle sous la Chapelle, and Beaune premier cru Les Chouacheux. A small négociant range completes the estate's own wines.
History
The family says the estate may go back to 1540. Its recent history begins with Marie Bourgogne, who married Émile Claude Rebourgeon; their two sons, Henry and Michel, both became growers in Pommard, and Michel took over part of the estate in 1964. In 1995 Michel's daughter Delphine and her husband Stephen settled on the domaine, and with her brother they bought more vines in 1998 and 2004.
The family does most of the vineyard work itself. It uses no herbicides and ploughs the soil, partly with a horse; on the premier cru plots all the work is by hand, ploughing is by horse only and treatments are carried on the back. The grapes are destemmed, sorted berry by berry, given about a week of cold soaking, and the wine runs down by gravity into barrels for 12 to 18 months.
Planning your visit
Tips for your visit
Allow 30 minutes to an hour. The caveau is open every day, preferably by appointment, and the family posts its current hours on its Google listing. It is on the place de l'Europe, in the centre of Pommard, a few steps from the Château de Pommard.
Around here
What to combine with Domaine Michel Rebourgeon on the same day, nearest first.
- Wine festival
Les Festives de Meloisey
Every two years, in odd-numbered years, over a weekend in mid to late JulyMeloisey
Questions
Domaine Michel Rebourgeon is about 10 min from Beaune by road (5 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €60 for the whole car, up to 4 guests.
Did you know? On one young premier cru plot the family grows vines en échalas: each vine tied to its own stake, closely planted and without wires, the old Burgundian way, so that all the work is done by hand.
Sources
Domaine Michel Rebourgeon with a private driver
€60 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests