• Pinot Noir

• Gamay

Burgundy has 1 major red grape variety

• Pinot Noir

• Numerous and diverse microclimates.

• Temperate to continental.

• Big temperature variances between winter (10.5 °C) and summer (20 °C).

• 1930/ hours of sun per year.

• Frequent precipitation during the year. 732,2 mm/an.

• Wind: moderate (10 to 17 kmh).

• Limestone but uneven across the region mixed with clay, sand and sometimes iron elements.

• Soft rolling hills, reaching altitudes around 300 meters.

• Provides protection from frost and hail damage.

The very diverse terrain and uneven localization of the limestone and clay make for microclimates across the region leading to very uneven wines – some exceptional and some mediocre.

• Cote de Nuits

1. BonnesMares

2. Chambolle-Musigny

3. Fixin

4. Flagey-Echezeaux

5. Gevrey-Chambertin

6. Marsannay

7. Morey-St Denis

8. Nuits St Georges

9. Vosne Romanee

10. Vougeot

• Cote de Beaune

1. Aloxe-Corton

2. Auxey-Duresses

3. Beaune

4. Blagny

5. Chorey-les-Beaune

6. Corton areas

7. Ladoix

8. Maranges

9. Meursault

10. Monthelie

11. Montrachet areas

12. Pernand-Vergelesses

• Chablis

1. Chablis

• Cote Chalonnaise

1. Givry

2. Mercurey

3. Montagny

4. Rully

• Maconnais

1. Pouilly-Fuissé

2. St-Véran

3. Viré-Clessé

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• ​High Sweetness: High alcohol levels.

• High acidity: Cooler climate.

• Low tannins: From the calcarous soil.

• Fruit: Oak at first quickly replaced by very strong Black fruit and blueberry.

• Medium-bodied red wines.

• High Sweetness: High alcohol levels;

• slightly cooler climate than the côte chalonnaise.

• High acidity: Cool climate.

• Low tannins: Due to the calcarous soil.

• Fruit: Black cherry, plums and earth.

• Medium-bodied red wines.