The villages of Burgundy
Thirty-five communes, two Côtes, one single slope: every village has its own climats, soils and style. Pick a village to find its story, its map and the bottles available.
Open the interactive map- Côte de Nuits15 villages
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First Côte de Nuits commune south of Dijon: the Marsannay appellation and the climat Bourgogne Le Chapitre
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A commune on the outskirts of Dijon that gives its name to the northernmost Village appellation of the Côte de Nuits, the only one in three colors
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Côte de Nuits commune between Marsannay-la-Côte and Fixin: Marsannay appellation vines in all three colors
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A Côte de Nuits village between Dijon and Gevrey-Chambertin: Pinot Noir reds and six Premiers Crus
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Between Fixin and Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits: Gevrey-Chambertin vines to the south, Fixin to the north
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A Côte de Nuits village south of Dijon: nine Grands Crus and 26 Premiers Crus, all red
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A Côte de Nuits village between Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny, with five Grands Crus
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A Côte de Nuits village between Morey-Saint-Denis and Vougeot, home to the Grands Crus Musigny and Bonnes-Mares
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The small village of the Clos de Vougeot, in the heart of the Côte de Nuits
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A Côte de Nuits village between Flagey-Echézeaux and Nuits-Saint-Georges, with six Grands Crus
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A Côte de Nuits commune between Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée, home to the Grands Crus Échezeaux and Grands-Échezeaux
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Town and appellation of the Côte de Nuits, south of Vosne-Romanée: 41 Premiers Crus, no Grand Cru
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A Côte de Nuits commune south of Nuits-Saint-Georges: twelve Nuits Premiers Crus and Côte de Nuits-Villages
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A Côte de Nuits commune between Prémeaux-Prissey and Corgoloin: Côte de Nuits-Villages and stone quarries
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Last commune of the Côte de Nuits, bordering the Côte de Beaune: vines of the Côte de Nuits-Villages
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A village in the north of the Côte de Beaune, in a small valley at the foot of the hill of Corton
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A Côte de Beaune village at the mouth of the Rhoin valley, a few kilometers north of Beaune
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A Côte de Beaune village at the foot of the hill of Corton, a few kilometers north of Beaune
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The village that opens the Côte de Beaune from the north, at the foot of the hill of Corton
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A Côte de Beaune village a few kilometers north of Beaune: Pinot Noir on gravelly alluvial fans
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Town and appellation of the Côte de Beaune, capital of Burgundy wine: 42 Premiers Crus, no Grand Cru
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A Côte de Beaune village between Beaune and Volnay: a red-only appellation with 28 Premiers Crus
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A high village of the Côte de Beaune, in a valley among the cliffs of the Hautes-Côtes southwest of Beaune
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A Côte de Beaune village between Volnay and Meursault, with 15 Premiers Crus and Pinot Noir reds
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A Côte de Beaune village between Pommard and Meursault: 29 Premiers Crus and red wine only
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A Côte de Beaune village in a valley behind Meursault and Monthélie: reds and whites
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A Côte de Beaune village between Volnay and Puligny-Montrachet, almost entirely devoted to white wine
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A Côte de Beaune village in a valley behind Puligny and Chassagne, with 30 Premier Cru climats
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A village of Chardonnay whites in the southern Côte de Beaune, between Meursault and Chassagne-Montrachet
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A village of whites and reds in the southern Côte de Beaune, between Puligny-Montrachet and Santenay
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The highest of the three Maranges villages, in Saône-et-Loire, at the foot of the Mont de Sène
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A village in the southern Côte de Beaune, between Chassagne-Montrachet and the Maranges
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A small Saône-et-Loire commune with vines of Santenay and Chassagne-Montrachet, without an AOC of its own
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The smallest of the three Maranges villages, in the valley of the Cozanne, in Saône-et-Loire
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The southernmost village of the Côte de Beaune, where the Maranges descend toward the Dheune
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How to read the Côte d'Or
The Côte d'Or is a narrow strip of vineyards about fifty kilometres long, running from Dijon to the Maranges along a limestone slope facing east and southeast. It is divided into two parts. The Côte de Nuits, in the north, stretches from Chenôve and Marsannay-la-Côte to Corgoloin: it is the land of Pinot Noir and is home to twenty-four Grand Cru appellations, all red except Musigny, which is also made as a white wine. The Côte de Beaune, in the south, begins at the hill of Corton, between Ladoix-Serrigny, Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses, and reaches Santenay and the Maranges: here Pinot Noir and Chardonnay coexist, and eight Grand Cru appellations include the great white wines of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, Corton-Charlemagne and Corton.
In Burgundy, quality can be read on the map. The appellations form a pyramid: at the base are the Regional appellations, followed by the Village appellations, named after the village, then the Premier Cru appellations, which add the name of the climat, and at the top the Grand Cru appellations, which bear only the name of the climat. A climat is a vineyard plot delineated over centuries, with its own name, soil and particular exposure; in 2015, the Climats of the Bourgogne vineyard were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
This page features the thirty-five villages of the Côte, from north to south, including the three in the Maranges and Remigny, which belong to the Saône-et-Loire department but are part of the Côte de Beaune. Some villages do not have an appellation bearing their own name: the vineyards of Chenôve and Couchey fall under the Marsannay appellation, those of Brochon under Gevrey-Chambertin and Fixin, those of Prémeaux-Prissey under Nuits-Saint-Georges, and those of Comblanchien and Corgoloin under Côte de Nuits-Villages. The Hautes-Côtes, on the plateau behind the Côte, are not included. For each village, you’ll find a page with its history, details about the area, all the Grand Cru and Premier Cru climats, and the bottles available from STELT; use the interactive map to see each climat on the hillside.
Sources and credits: photos from Wikimedia Commons (authors and licences on each village page); maps based on IGN and INAO data, Licence Ouverte 2.0; climat counts from BIVB and INAO.