Domaine Courcel

The Courcel's have made Pommard for over 400 years and are considered to be one of the finest producers of the Pommard Apellation.
It is currently owned by Gilles de Courcel, whose day job is managing Chanson Père&Fils, and his three sisters. 

Their 25 acres estate consists of 12.35 acres of "Grand Clos des Epenots" and 2.64 acres of "Rugiens", the wines produced from these sites are considered to be among the longest-lived wines of the Côte de Beaune.

The Domaine de Courcel produces Pommard with very traditional methods. Wines undergo a relatively warm fermentation, with at least three weeks of maceration and two to three punchings of the "cap" per day, resulting in a fine extraction of fruit, colour and tannins. The wines are then put into one-third new oak barrels and bottled after 15 months and are very lightly filtered to preserve body and bouquet. The resulting wines have subtlety and richness that accompany a remarkable ability to age.