In 2007, 116.44 hectares (287.7 acres) of the total Pommard vineyard surface consisted of Premier Cru vineyards. Their wines are designated Pommard Premier Cru + vineyard name, or may be labelled just Pommard Premier Cru, in which case it is possible to blend wine from several Premier Cru vineyards within the AOC. ORDER 66 FACTS ' - o -, Order 66, also known as Clone Protocol 66, was a contingency order that the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic were trained to obey without hesitation The order branded the Jedi traitors to the Republic and called for their immediate execution without question The issuing o the EFder-fngrke- the - gInning of the Great Jedi Purge which resulted in the near. There are 27 climats within the Pommard AOC that are classified as Premier Cru vineyards, which stretch in a wide band through the commune, located on both sides of the village itself and west (uphill) from the D973 road. Pommard wines are typically among the most powerful and tannic of the Côte de Beaune wines, providing a clear contrast to the light and elegant Volnay wines from the neighboring village. The grapes must reach a maturity of at least 10.5 per cent potential alcohol for village-level wine and 11.0 per cent for Premier Cru wine. The allowed base yield is 40 hectoliter per hectare. The AOC regulations also allow up to 15 per cent total of Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and Pinot gris as accessory grapes in the red wines, but this is not very often practiced. In 2008, there were 321.69 hectares (794.9 acres) of vineyard surface in production for Pommard wine at village and Premier Cru level, and 12,892 hectoliter of wine was produced, corresponding to just over 1.7 million bottles.
Lush and blue fruited with classic Wädenswil characteristics of earth and spice, this wine keeps. Year after year, this steep, south facing section of the vineyard provides us with some of the ripest and most unique expressions of Pinot Noir. There are no Grand Cru vineyards within Pommard, but several highly regarded Premier Cru vineyards. Made from 100 Wädenswil clone fruit from the 3-acre section of Shea Vineyard known as Block 7. The Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) Pommard is only used for red wine with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. From the New Zealand Perspective, the source of Clone 13 is UC Davis, USA. From the US Perspective, the source of Martini 58 is Louis Martini in the USA. Pommard wine is produced in the commune of Pommard in Côte de Beaune of Burgundy. Luckily, the chart makes it pretty easy to cross-reference with its column titled Also Known As, in which almost every clone other than the Dijon clones show at least one other name.