Brochon

Between Fixin and Gevrey-Chambertin, Brochon is a wine commune without an appellation of its own, divided between its neighbors' appellations. The vines in the southern part fall within the area of Gevrey-Chambertin, of which the village is in effect the continuation; the geographical area of Fixin also includes Brochon, and the Premier Cru Clos de la Perrière spills over for a small part into the commune's territory. Until 2026 the northern lieux-dits, such as Queue de Hareng, Préau, and Vignois, could claim the Côte de Nuits-Villages; the appellation rules approved in September 2026 restricted that appellation to the three southern communes of the Côte, acknowledging that production in Brochon and Fixin had dwindled sharply.

The Brochon lieux-dits released as Gevrey-Chambertin, among them Les Evocelles, Les Champs Perriers, and Les Jeunes Rois, lie on the lower part of the Côte, below the band of Premiers Crus, on brown calcareous soils and marls covered by debris and red silts washed down from the plateau, facing east to southeast. Pinot Noir gives reds of firm structure and velvety tannin, with red fruits and violet in youth and notes of leather and forest floor with age: wines to wait a few years for. The Gevrey-Chambertin appellation, recognized in 1936, has 26 Premier Cru climats, in addition to the nine Grands Crus of the commune of Gevrey.

The village is dominated by the great château built at the end of the nineteenth century by Stéphen Liégeard, the writer who in 1887 coined the expression “Côte d'Azur”; the building has been protected as a historic monument since 1975 and today houses a lycée. The available bottles from this area, when there are any, appear below.