Beaune Premier Cru Les Reversés

Les Reversés is a Premier Cru of about 4.8 hectares in the lower part of the Beaune vineyards, right up against the first houses of the town. The ground slopes gently to the southeast, between about 225 and 235 meters. Above it is the Clos de la Mousse, below it Les Sceaux, to the south Belissand, and to the north, across a road, Les Teurons.

This is the foot of the slope, where, according to the appellation rules, Beaune's soils generally become more clayey and deeper. The name already appears in the mid-nineteenth century: in 1855 the physician J. Lavalle recorded “Les Reversées” among Beaune's “deuxième cuvée” climats, the third rung of his scale after the “tête de cuvée” and the “première cuvée.”

On the label, the climat's name follows that of Beaune, with or without the Premier Cru designation. The appellation rules permit both red, from Pinot Noir, and white.