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Chablis to the Mâconnais, the four-tier climat ladder, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Aligoté, and three verified producers.

All levels 102 min 14 steps About Burgundy (Bourgogne)

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  1. Burgundy (Bourgogne)

    Region 10 min

    Start with the region: about 30,000 hectares in east-central France, 84 AOCs and 1,247 registered climats.

  2. Burgundy Wine Classification

    Wine term 7 min

    Next, the four tiers, Grand Cru, Premier Cru, Village and Regional, which classify the vineyard rather than the producer.

  3. Chablis

    Region 8 min

    Begin the sub-regions in Chablis, the northernmost zone, where only Chardonnay grows, much of it on Kimmeridgian limestone.

  4. Côte de Nuits

    Region 7 min

    Then the Côte de Nuits, the northern half of the Côte d'Or, planted about 95 percent to Pinot Noir.

  5. Côte de Beaune

    Region 6 min

    Continue to the Côte de Beaune, the southern half of the escarpment, for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir around the Montrachet and Corton hills.

  6. Cote de Nuits vs Cote de Beaune

    Comparison 7 min

    Côte de Nuits vs Côte de Beaune

    Set the two halves of the Côte d'Or side by side: grapes, soils, style, Grand Crus and aging.

  7. Côte Chalonnaise

    Region 5 min

    Immediately south of the Côte d'Or, the Côte Chalonnaise has five village AOCs and no Grand Cru.

  8. Mâconnais

    Region 10 min

    The Mâconnais, the southern sub-region and the warmest, is about 85 percent Chardonnay and gained its first Premier Crus in Pouilly-Fuissé in 2020.

  9. Pinot Noir

    Grape 8 min

    Meet the black grape, thin-skinned Pinot Noir, first written down in 1375 per the BIVB and known as an interpreter of terroir.

  10. Chardonnay

    Grape 8 min

    Then Chardonnay, which originated in Burgundy and runs from lean, mineral Chablis to richly textured Meursault.

  11. Aligoté

    Grape 6 min

    Close the grapes with Aligoté, Burgundy's secondary white, which has its own village AOC at Bouzeron.

  12. Domaine Armand Rousseau

    Producer 6 min

    Now producers: a Gevrey-Chambertin family domaine making only Pinot Noir, with 8.51 of its 15.33 hectares in Grand Cru.

  13. Domaine Leflaive

    Producer 8 min

    In the Côte de Beaune, a Puligny-Montrachet domaine with 4.8 hectares of Grands Crus, biodynamic since 1996.

  14. Domaine François Raveneau

    Producer 6 min

    Finish in Chablis with a family domaine founded in 1948, holding Grand Cru vines in Les Clos, Valmur and Blanchot.

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