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Côte de Nuits · Appellation guide

Fixin

The first great village south of Dijon: dark, structured reds, true “winter wines”.

  • 6Premiers Crus
  • 1936Appellation since
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Where is Fixin
Fact sheet

Identity card

Côte
Côte de Nuits
The appellation is created
8 December 1936
Colours and grapes
Red (Pinot Noir), a little white (Chardonnay)
Area under vine (2022)
101 ha, including 18 ha of Premier Cru
Premiers Crus
6 climats
Grands Crus
None
Communes
Fixin, Brochon
Altitude
350 – 380 m (Premiers Crus)
Exposure
East to south-east
The plots to know

The climats to know

Here are the climats people talk about, and why.

Upper slope Mid-slope Foot of the slope ≈ 380 m≈ 350 m D974 ← Brochon · GevreyCouchey · Marsannay → North → FixinFixey1Les Hervelets2Les Arvelets3Clos de la Perrière4Clos du Chapitre5Clos Napoléon

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Climat guide

Tap a climat on the map or in the list to discover it.

  • Premier Cru
  • Village
Schematic map, seen from the plain: the slope rises towards the woods, north is on the right. Indicative positions, after the official BIVB maps.
  1. 1
    Les HerveletsPremier Cru

    To the north, towards Fixey, on marlier soil: a softer, more fragrant Fixin.

  2. 2
    Les ArveletsPremier Cru

    Next to Les Hervelets, high on the slope: fine and fruity.

  3. 3
    Clos de la PerrièrePremier Cru

    The clos of the monks of Cîteaux around their manor. In 1855, Dr Lavalle ranked it alongside Chambertin.

  4. 4
    Clos du ChapitrePremier Cru

    The former vineyard of a chapter of canons: deep and fleshy.

  5. 5
    Clos NapoléonPremier Cru

    Renamed by Claude Noisot in tribute to the Emperor, now a monopole.

The 6 Premiers Crus of Fixin

Official BIVB list. The number refers to the marker on the map; the star marks our cuvées.

  • Arvelets
  • Clos de la Perrière
  • Clos du Chapitre
  • Clos Napoléon
  • Hervelets
  • Les Meix Bas
Soil and slope

The terroir

The Premiers Crus lie on fairly uniform brown limestone soils between 350 and 380 m, facing east and south-east; they are marlier in Les Hervelets. Lower down, at the foot of the slope, the soil mixes limestone and marl.

  • Altitude350 – 380 m (Premiers Crus)
  • ExposureEast to south-east
  • CommunesFixin, Brochon
Memory of the place

A little history

Fixin, pronounced “Fissin”, absorbed the hamlet of Fixey in 1860. The monks of Cîteaux came to rest at the manor of La Perrière, in the middle of their clos. In the Parc Noisot, a former officer of the Imperial Guard had François Rude’s statue of Napoleon awakening to immortality erected.

  1. Middle AgesThe monks of Cîteaux at the manor of La Perrière
  2. 1860Fixin absorbs the hamlet of Fixey
  3. 1936The appellation is created
The style

In the glass

Deep purple, with violet, blackcurrant and morello cherry, and musky, peppery notes. Tannic in its youth, it rounds out and gains breadth after a few years in bottle.

At the table

Braised pork, rib of beef with parsley, slow-cooked poultry; Comté or Époisses.

Our pairing guide
Our selection

Our wines from Fixin

1 wine from this appellation on our list, from 69 € to 69 € 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.