Côte de Beaune · Appellation guide
Beaune
The capital of Burgundy wine, and one of the largest groups of Premiers Crus on the Côte: 42 climats.
- 42Premiers Crus
- 1936Appellation since
Identity card
- Côte
- Côte de Beaune
- The appellation is created
- 11 September 1936
- Colours and grapes
- Red (Pinot Noir) and white (Chardonnay)
- Area under vine (2022)
- 400 ha, including 300 ha of Premier Cru
- Premiers Crus
- 42 climats
- Grands Crus
- None
- Communes
- Beaune
- Altitude
- 220 – 300 m
- Exposure
- East to due south
Our climats and those to know
Climats marked with a star are those we make a cuvée from. The others are the names to know in the appellation.
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Tap a climat on the map or in the list to discover it. The gold ★ markers are our cuvées.
- ★Our cuvée
- Premier Cru
- Village
- 1Aux CoucheriasPremier Cru★ At the Domaine
Right next to the famous Clos des Mouches, this small plot gives a powerful, very elegant wine.
- 2Les MarconnetsPremier Cru
To the north, against Savigny: a firm Beaune for ageing.
- 3Les BressandesPremier Cru
High on the northern slope: a fine, slender red.
- 4Les GrèvesPremier Cru
A gravel soil in the heart of the appellation: one of the most renowned, in red and white. The famous Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus lies here.
- 5Les TeuronsPremier Cru
Below Les Grèves: a fleshy red.
- 6Clos des UrsulesPremier Cru
A 2.2-hectare clos within Les Vignes Franches, owned by the same Beaune house since 1826.
- 7Clos des MouchesPremier Cru
To the south, towards Pommard: famous in red and white. Our Premier Cru Aux Coucherias lies right beside it.
The 42 Premiers Crus of Beaune
Official BIVB list. The number refers to the marker on the map; the star marks our cuvées.
- À l'Écu
- Aux Coucherias ★
- Aux Cras
- Belissand
- Blanches Fleurs
- Champs Pimont
- Clos de l'Écu
- Clos de la Feguine
- Clos de la Mousse
- Clos des Avaux
- Clos des Ursules
- Clos du Roi
- Clos Saint-Landry
- En Genêt
- En l'Orme
- La Mignotte
- Le Bas des Teurons
- Le Clos des Mouches
- Les Aigrots
- Les Avaux
- Les Boucherottes
- Les Bressandes
- Les Cents Vignes
- Les Chouacheux
- Les Epenotes
- Les Fèves
- Les Grèves
- Les Marconnets
- Les Montrevenots
- Les Perrières
- Les Reversés
- Les Sceaux
- Les Seurey
- Les Sizies
- Les Teurons
- Les Toussaints
- Les Tuvilains
- Les Vignes Franches
- Montée Rouge
- Pertuisots
- Sur les Grèves
- Sur les Grèves-Clos Sainte-Anne
The terroir
Fairly steep slopes with thin black rendzina soils at the top; marls and deep white, grey or yellow soils tinged with iron lower down; limestone mixed with clay at the foot. Three quarters of the vineyard is classified Premier Cru.
- Altitude220 – 300 m
- ExposureEast to due south
- CommunesBeaune
A little history
The Dukes of Burgundy made the vermilion wine of Beaune a wine of prestige. In 1443, Chancellor Nicolas Rolin founded the Hôtel-Dieu; since the 19th century, its Hospices have auctioned their wines every third weekend of November.
- 1443Nicolas Rolin founds the Hôtel-Dieu
- 1859The first Hospices auction
- 1936The appellation is created
In the glass
Reds of red and black fruit, undergrowth and spice, supple and round, open earlier than those of the Côte de Nuits. Whites of almond and white flowers, all roundness.
Our wines from Beaune
2 wines from this appellation on our list, from 68,50 € to 79,50 € a bottle, to reserve or to taste at the Caves du Palais.
Sources: official appellation sheet from the BIVB ↗ (area under vine, 2022) and BIVB climat maps; schematic map, indicative positions.