Pommery

House · Reims · founded 1836

Pommery is a Champagne house in Reims; the Union des Maisons de Champagne gives 1836 as its founding year.1 In 1858 Madame Pommery took over Pommery & Greno after her husband's death.2

History

The Union des Maisons de Champagne gives 1836 as the founding year; the house's own page does not state it.1,2 In 1858 Madame Pommery became head of Pommery & Greno after her husband died.2 In July 1868 she began building the Reims cellars, and in 1874 she created Pommery Nature, which the house calls the first brut champagne to meet with commercial success.2 This is the house's own description. See the sugar scale.

Cellars and vineyard

The cellars are about 18 km of linked chalk galleries 30 metres below ground, reached by a staircase of 116 steps.2 See crayère. Inside the Reims estate lies Les Clos Pompadour, a walled vineyard of 25 ha.2

Ownership

The UMC lists the house under Maison Pommery & Associés, with Nathalie Vranken as chair, and gives 280 ha of vines for the group as a whole.1

Wines

The UMC lists Brut Royal, Brut Silver, Brut Rosé, Brut Millésimé, Louise and Louise Rosé, Greno, POP, Royal Blue Sky, the Apanage range and Clos Pompadour.1

See also

When the Champagne houses were foundedHistorybrutGlossaryThe sugar scale of sparkling wineDosageCrayèreGlossaryMontagne de ReimsRegions

Sources

  1. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). House profile: Pommery
  2. Champagne Pommery. The Pommery house
  3. Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC). The Champagne Houses (member list)

Facts checked on 2026-10-20