Isabelle & Denis Pommier - Chablis - Troesmes - Premier Cru

The estate of Isabelle and Denis Pommier was founded in 1990 when the Pommiers, a young couple at the time, decided to take over 2 ha of their family’s land to produce their own wine. It took them a few years to get it down right, and their first actual bottled release was in 1994. The estate now spans 16 ha of vineyards with appellations ranging from Petit Chablis all the way up to three Chablis premiers crus (Fourchaume, Cote de Lechet and Troesmes, which is a sub-parcel in Beauroy).

Since the beginning, there has always been a strong respect for the land and the unique terroir of the region, and sustainable farming techniques – lutte raisonnée - were used. In the last couple of years, however, emboldened by the qualitative gains resulting from plowing the soils and working more naturally in the vineyards, the Pommiers are now fully organic.

Chablis lies further north than the rest of Burgundy, located about halfway between Beaune and Paris; it’s actually not all that far from Champagne. The wines here – exclusively whites from Chardonnay – differ in style from other white Burgundies: they tend towards steeliness and flintiness.