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Armand Heitz

This was my first visit to Armand Heitz in Pommard and so I asked him about the background to the Domaine.

“It was a new and old story. Old because the vines have been in my family since the mid-19th century. My grandfather sold a lot of the vineyards until the 1960s. He was not a winemaker and neither were my parents, so I am the first generation of producers since 2013. Year after year, I am taking back vineyards and replanting parcels, though I am not wealthy enough to buy new parcels. But I can build a team and a brand. I studied biodynamics at university, and I applied that in the beginning. But due to the mildew in 2016 and the general health of the vines, I tried to find a compromise. So, now I work with a permaculture farm with cereal and cattle, using their excrement to fertilize the vineyard. This is the central tenet of my working method. I am also planting vines with less density at around 5,500 vines per hectare, which has decreased the amount of chemical usage by one-third. Burgundy can be a bit dogmatic. My philosophy is just to give my children better land that I inherited. I usually bottle after 12 months as I tend to use less sulphur and not extract so much. For the whites, I prefer pure and mineral-driven wines. When you age in barrel, you obtain more richness and structure.”

Heitz is an interesting winemaker, somebody who thinks for himself and doesn’t follow the herd. For example, his thoughts on planting density runs contrary to popular opinion. There was a little inconsistency within the range, though I attribute that to the vagaries of the growing season that affected many winemakers in 2023. This was only part of his portfolio, so I will endeavor to taste more in the future.

From The Lord Giveth…Burgundy 2023 (Jan 2025) by Neal Martin

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