Burgundy - Côte d'Or, Côte Challoinnaise & Maconnais - Vineyard Classification
12 important questions on Burgundy - Côte d'Or, Côte Challoinnaise & Maconnais - Vineyard Classification
When did the classification of Burgundy's vineyards started?
What are the classifications of Burgundy's vineyards based on?
- Soils
- aspects,
- microclimates
In brief...Terroir!
Which appellation in Burgundy is a wine made from grapes from more than 1 vineyard
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How about the sizes of the appellations in Burgundy
- Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is slightly over 50 ha
- La Romanée Grand Cru is the smallest with 0,84 ha
Why is the classification system of Burgundy not a guarantee of quality
> range of quality differs
> Clos de Vougeot > 50 ha > different qualities, depending of the spot where the grapes come from: top, middel, bottom of the hill.
Principal appellations in the Côtes de Beaune and red or white
- Aloxe-Corton AOC, Pernand-Vergelesses AOC, Ladoix-Serrigny AOC
- cluster round the hill of Corton
- villages / premier cru mostly red
- Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru= famous hill exclusively white
- Corton Grand Cru AOC mostly red
- Beaune AOC
- mainly red
- Pommard AOC
- red (most prestigious premier cru Clos des Épeneaux
- Volnay AOC
- red
- Meursault AOC
- white
- Puligny-Montrachet AOC
- white
- Chassagne-Montrachet AOC
- small amount or red village/premier cru
- Saint Aubin
- white (En Remilly)
What are the percentages of the appellations in Burgundy in volume?
- 84 appellations
- 33 Grand Cru 1%
- 44 Village appellations
- 640 Premier Cru 47%
- 7 Regional appellations 52%
Each Grand Cru in Côte d'Or is a individual appellation
In Chablis the climate are part of Chablis Grand cru
In Burgundy appellations can be followed by an additional geographical denomination, give some examples.
- Regional aoc + general area
- Village aoc + name of premier cru vineyard
- Macon aoc + village
- Grand cru vineyard + name climat
What are the principal Appellations in the Côtes de Nuits. Which styles of wine are made per appellation? White and/or red wine? Name some Grand crus.
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOC; the largest village
- red
- Morey-Saint-Denis AOC
- almost red only
- Grand crus: Clos de Tart, Clos de la Roche
- Chambolle-Musigny AOC
- red
- Bonnes Mares, Musigny
- Vougeot AOC (tiny)
- red and white
- Clos de Vougeot
- Vosne-Romanée AOC
- red
- La Tâche, Romanée Conti
- Nuits-Saint-Georges AOC
- almost red only
- No grand crus but premier crus
What style of wines are produced in Puligny Montrachet and Chassagne Montrachet? Name some Grand crus.
- Puligny-Montrachet AOC
- white only
- Chassagne-Montrachet AOC
- small amount of red village and premier cru
- Grand crus: Le Montrachet and Bâtard Montrachet
- for white only
What are the appellations within Côte Chalonnaise? Which style of wines are produced and what is the percentage of Premier crus?
No Grand Cru's
- Bouzeron AOC
- 100% Aligoté
- Rully AOC
- more white than red
- 25% premier cru
- Mercurey AOC
- more red than white
- largest producer of comm appellations in Côte Chalonnaise
- 25% premier cru
- Givry AOC
- more red than white
- 40% premier cru
- Montagny AOC
- white only
- 66% premier cru
Which is the only village in the Côte d'Or producing rosé and why?
- gentle slope > less protection form cold winds coming from the south-west
- cooler than rest of Côte d'Or
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