Côte de Nuits · Appellation guide
Vosne-Romanée
The “central pearl” of the Côte: eight Grands Crus, including Romanée-Conti.
- 14Premiers Crus
- 8Grands Crus
- 1936Appellation since
Identity card
- Côte
- Côte de Nuits
- The appellation is created
- 11 September 1936
- Colours and grapes
- Red only (Pinot Noir)
- Area under vine (2022)
- 149 ha, including 56 ha of Premier Cru
- Premiers Crus
- 14 climats
- Grands Crus
- Romanée-Conti, La Romanée, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, La Grande Rue, Échezeaux, Grands-Échezeaux
- Communes
- Vosne-Romanée, Flagey-Échezeaux
- Altitude
- 250 – 300 m
- Exposure
- East
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
- Grand Cru
- Premier Cru
- Village
- 1Grands-ÉchezeauxGrand Cru★ At the Domaine
Below Échezeaux, against the wall of the Clos de Vougeot: denser and deeper.
- 2Les GaudichotsPremier Cru★ At the Domaine
Next to La Tâche, part of which was merged into it in the 1930s. Our Vosne Premier Cru.
- 3ÉchezeauxGrand Cru
In Flagey, Vosne’s largest Grand Cru, with many faces from plot to plot.
- 4Cros ParantouxPremier Cru
A small Premier Cru above Richebourg, made famous by the grower Henri Jayer.
- 5RichebourgGrand Cru
Opulent and spicy, one of the most sumptuous Grands Crus of the Côte.
- 6Romanée-Saint-VivantGrand Cru
The former vineyard of the priory of Saint-Vivant, just above the village: silky and airy.
- 7Romanée-ContiGrand Cru
1.8 hectares, a monopole: the most famous vineyard in the world.
- 8La TâcheGrand Cru
A monopole next to Romanée-Conti, powerful and deep.
The 14 Premiers Crus of Vosne-Romanée
Official BIVB list. The number refers to the marker on the map; the star marks our cuvées.
- Au-dessus des Malconsorts
- Aux Brulées
- Aux Malconsorts
- Aux Raignots
- Clos des Réas
- Cros Parantoux
- En Orveaux
- La Croix Rameau
- Les Beaux Monts
- Les Chaumes
- Les Gaudichots ★
- Les Petits Monts
- Les Rouges
- Les Suchots
The terroir
The Grands Crus hold the middle of the slope; the Village and Premier Cru vines frame them above and below. Limestone mixed with clay marls, from a few tens of centimetres to a metre of soil, facing due east.
- Altitude250 – 300 m
- ExposureEast
- CommunesVosne-Romanée, Flagey-Échezeaux
A little history
The monks of the priory of Saint-Vivant de Vergy made these vines famous. In 1760, the Prince of Conti bought La Romanée, which took his name: Romanée-Conti. The historian Gaston Roupnel saw in this little corner the very best that Burgundy has produced.
- Middle AgesThe vines of the priory of Saint-Vivant
- 1760The Prince of Conti buys La Romanée
- 1992La Grande Rue becomes a Grand Cru
In the glass
Velvet and spice: red and black fruit, violet, then leather, undergrowth and truffle, over very fine tannins.
Our wines from Vosne-Romanée
3 wines from this appellation on our list, from 159 € to 780 € 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.