FR: Cote de Beaune Flashcards

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Corton Grand Cru communes

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Ladoix-Serrigny
Aloxe Corton (75% share)
Pernand-Vergelesses

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DRC Corton lieux-dit

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Clos du Roi
Les Bressandes
Les Renardes

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Ladoix’s most important Corton climat?

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La Rognet et Corton
* faces east
(*Faiveley’s 2-hectare “monopole”, Clos des Cortons Faiveley, is located here)

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Pernand-Vergelesses lay of the land

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  1. Bois de Noël: produces mostly red wine
    * Ile des Vergelesses
  2. Les Fretilles: white wine
    * Sous Frétille, Clos Berthet, Village de Pernand
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Top producers in Savigny-les-Beaune

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Chandon de Briailles
Simon Bize

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Vigne l’Enfant Jésus

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Bouchard
Beaune Les Grèves 1er Cru

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Epenots

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Pommard 1er Cru
* Les Petits Epenots: larger
* Les Grands Epenots

Clos des Citeaux, Clos des Epeneaux (Comte Armand monopole) were JL Tete de Cuvees

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Les Rugiens

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Pommard Premier Cru
* Bas: Pommards greatest (only Clos des Epeneaux is competition). Haut: lacks the depth, flavor weight of the lower vyd

Dom. de montille, JM Boillot - Bas

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Top Premier Cru of Pommard?

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Les Rugiens
Epenots (particularly Comte Armand’s Clos des Epeneaux climat)

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Pommard soils

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Iron-rich, heavier clay soils
* humid clay gives weight/tannin to the wine
* soils are influenced by old waterways

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Cailleret(s)

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Volnay 1er Cru
* south & east-facing; marl and limestone on a moderate slope
* Marquis d’Angerville, Michel Lafarge, Henri Boillot, Louis Boillot

3 subdivisions: En Cailleret, Cailleret Dessus, Clos des 60 Ouvrees (Dom. de la Pousse d’Or monopole)

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En Champans

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Volnay 1er Cru
* very stony, red-brown soil over Oxfordian limestone with some marl in the upper.. alluvial lower down

Marquis d’Angerville
Comtes Lafon
de Montille

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Pousse d’Or monopoles

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Clos de l’Audignac
Clos de 60 Ouvrees (part of Caillerets)
Clos de la Bousse d’Or

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Clos du Chateau des Ducs

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Michel Lafarge, monopole
Volnay 1er Cru

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Clos des Chênes

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Volnay 1er Cru
* highly regarded; not classified by JL
* Michel Lafarge, Xavier Monnot, Bitouzet-Prieur

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Clos des Ducs

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Volnay 1er Cru
Marquies d’Angerville, premier cru

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Les Santenots

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Volnay 1er CRu
* actually lies within Meursault
* soils contain harder limestone, more iron, more clay - differing from most of Volnay and producing a richer style of wine

  • Les Santenots du Milieu = prime section of the vyd
  • Comte Lafon
  • Jacques Prieur (Clos des Santenots monopole)
  • Arnaud Ente
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Taille Pieds/Taillepieds

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Volnay 1er Cru

Dom. de Montille
Marquis d’Angerville
Bitouzet-Prieur

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Meursault 1er Cru RED

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Caillerets (part of Volnay’s)
Les Cras
* Volnay Santenots 1er Cru is in Meursault

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Meursault’s “big three” premier crus

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Les Charmes
Perrières
Genevrières

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5 Meusault premier cru

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Les Charmes (Comtes Lafon)
Les Perrières (Albert Grivaux)
Genevrières (Latour-Giraud)
Goutte d’Or (Comte Lafon)
Les Porusots (Comte Lafon)

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Domaine Coche-Dury

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Meursault
* Corton-Charlemagne = only GC
* Meursault: Perrieres, Genevrieres, Caillerets, Chevalieres, Rougeots
* Puligny-Montrachet Enseignères
* RED: Volnay 1er, Monthelie, Auxey-Duresses

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Le Montrachet

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JL Tete de Cuvee EXTRA
* 3.99ha in Chassagne, 4.01ha in Puligny
* s & e; marly limestone w gentle slope

  • Marquis de Laguiche (biggest share - Drouhin makes/markets the wine)
  • Dom. Thénard
  • Bouchard
  • DRC
  • Jacques Prieur
  • Comte Lafon
    etc
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2016 multi-producer Montrachet

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Winemaker: Dom. Leflaive
7 of 17 owners contributed:
Leflaive
DRC
Comte Lafon
Guy Amiot
Fleurot-Larose
Lamy-Pillot
Claudine Petijean

2016 frost so bad that they could only make a total of 683 bottles/ 2 barrels

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Climats within Santenots

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  1. Les Santenots du Milieu
  2. Les Santenots Blancs
  3. Les Plures
  4. (village-level) Les Santenots Dessous

Volnay if red, Meursault if white

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Meusault cellar space

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Water table is lower than in Puligny or Chassagne - some say more cellar storage translates to wood framed style

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Important Meursault village lieux-dits

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  • Comte Lafon monopole Clos de la Barre (1er cru is Volnay monopole of Jadot)
  • Les Narvaux
  • Le Tesson
  • Les Tillets
  • Chaumes de Narvaux
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Montrachet elevation/slope

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250 - 270M
6 - 10%

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Puligny-Montrachet’s exceptional 1er crus

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Le Cailleret
Les Demoiselles (climat within Cailleret)
Les Pucelles
* all border grand crus

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red Puligny-Montrachet

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Less than .5ha - Jean Chartron Clos du Cailleret, Jean Pascal red village Puligny

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Clavaillon/Clavoillon

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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
* next to Pucelles, below Folatières
* heavier calcareous clay soils
* Leflaive is the majority owner

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Les Demoiselles

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Majority classified as Chevalier-Montrachet + just a little as Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru as part of the larger Cailleret
* “the ladies” sits above “the maidens” (Les Pucelle) - Latour purchased in 1912 from 2 sisters

Bruno Colin, Philippe Colin

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Les Folatieres

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Puligny’s largest premier cru (Champ Gain #2)
* En la Richarde: Etienne Sauzet, Benoit Ente, Dom. d’Auvenay’s village Puligny ($$$$)

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Les Pucelles

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Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru
* Dom. Leflaive, Dom. Chartron (Clos de la Pucelle)

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Leflaive Grand Crus

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  • Le Montrachet
  • Chevalier-Montrachet
  • Batard-Montrachet
  • Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet
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Chassagne-Montrachet red vs white

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better suited for red - heavy red clay soils characterize the village vineyards and lower slopes of the premier crus

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Best Chassagne-Montrachet premier crus?

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Morgeot, Clos Saint-Jean = red potential
Blanchot Dessus = adjacent to Montrachet, stellar white 1er cru

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Highest point in the Cote de Beaune?

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Mont de Sène in Santenay

39
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La Fussière

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Maranges
Highest elevation premier cru in Cote de Beaune - up to 400M

40
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Name 4 AOPs in the Cote de Beaune that are dedicated to red wine?

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Pommard AOP
Volnay AOP
Blagny AOP
Cote de Beaune-Villages AOP

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Le Montrachet vs Montrachet

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Chassagne is the smaller sector - 3.99ha vs. Puligny’s 4.01ha. Chassagne is generally referred to as “le Montrachet”

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Burgundy’s wettest month?

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May

43
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Clos de Cinq Journaux

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The historic name of the vineyard that would become Romanee-Conti

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Charmes meaning (Burgundy)

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Fallow scrubland

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1st labelled climat in Burgundy?

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Chambertin (1691)

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Largest landowner in Corton?

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Louis Latour
(in Corton-Charlemagne as well)

47
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What stream divides Pommard?

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Dheune

48
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Oldest negociant house in Burgundy?

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Maison Champy, est 1720

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Pommard lay of the land

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  • NE of the village: soils are stonier with a red clay/limestone mix. The wines are more muscular. Epenots, Les Pézerolles
  • South: the soils are steeper, rockier and the vineyards more oriented to the SE. Rugiens
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Producers that label Les Rugiens-Bas?

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Domaine des Montille
Pierre Girardin

51
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Pommard Epenots is divided into what 3 climats?

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Clos des Epeneaux
Les Grands Epenots
Les Petits Epenots

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Epenot’s best climat?

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Clos des Epeneaux (Comte Armand monopole)
- Perfect SE exposure
- gentle slope/lower slope position
- shallow topsoils thanks to a fault in the soil
- Pebbly, marly, iron-rich and free-draining

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Les Pezerolles

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Pommard 1er Cru (northern sector)

Domaine de Montille
A.F. Gros
Olivier Leflaive
Roche de Bellene
Michel Lafarge

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How is Pommard’s Les Rugiens divided? Which section is better?

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Les Rugiens-Bas is the better section - located lower on the slope.
Les Rugiens-Haut sits up the slope. The 2 are only divided by a small country road.
Both feature iron-rich rocky calcareous soil

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What is said to lend to Pommard’s muscular, gamey profile?

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Iron-rich soils are thought to contribute the “gamey” character. High active limestone content’s interaction with a higher clay percentage lends to the sturdiness of the wine.

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Meursault-Blagny’s 1er cru

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Meursault La Jeunellotte
Meursault La Pièce Sous le Bois
Meursault Sous le Dos d’Âne
Meursault Sous Blagny

57
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What does the term “en friche” indicate?

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That the vineyard land lay fallow for some time before replanting

58
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Who produces Meursault Caillerets 1er Cru?

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Coche-Dury
Francois Mikulski
Olivier Leflaive

59
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Goutte d’Or

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Meursault Premier Cru
“Droplets of Gold” - a Thomas Jefferson fav. One of Meursault’s best sites, although not the top top. Thin topsoil, gentle slope, limestone. Closest 1er Cru to the town itself.

Arnaud Ente, Comtes Lafon, Leroy Dom d’Auvenay, PYCM, F. Mikulski

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Describe where to find Auxey-Duresses on a map.

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Located in the St-Romain Valley, between Meursault and Volnay. Monthélie lies a mile to the east.

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Most expensive wine of Auxey-Duresses?

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Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay
(Les Clous = $6190 avg, Village level = $5500, Les Boutonniers = $6k avg)

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Cote de Beaune’s village AC without premier cru?

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Saint-Romain
Chorey-les-Beaune

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Would Saint-Romain favor a cool vintage or a warm vintage? Why?

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Warm vintage - higher elevations here at 300M to 400M which increases vintage variation and means a warm vintage here can be quite a good value

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Puligny-Montrachet’s 4 Grand Cru

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Le Montrachet (shared)
Bâtard-Montrachet (shared)
Chevalier Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet

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3 producers of Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet?

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Leflaive
Ramonet
Jacques Carillon
Paul Pernot
de la Vougeraie
PYCM

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Puligny-Montrachet’s highest Grand Cru site?

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Chevalier-Montrachet, around 300M

67
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3 producers of Chevalier-Montrachet?

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Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay
Domaine Leflaive
Etienne Sauzet
Ramonet
PYCM

68
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Cuvee La Cabotte

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A special .21ha selection from Bouchard’s piece of Chevalier-Montrachet, located in the SW corner of the Grand Cru

Previously part of Le Montrachet; however it was unplanted when Montrachet was delimited in 1935

They’ve bottled this since the 1992 vintage. The 2020 sold for $1895/bottle

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The majority of Les Pucelles is owned by what 2 producers?

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Leflaive (3.06ha)
Jean Chartron (1.16ha - Clos de la Pucelle)

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What villages CANNOT produce Cote de Beaune-Villages?

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Volnay, Pommard
Beaune, Cote de Beaune area
Aloxe- Corton

71
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In 1855 Jules Lavalle ranked this premier cru as the single tete de cuvee vineyard in Meursault?

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Santenots de Milieu
(Comtes Lafon is the single majority owner)

72
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What wines from Mersault does Domaine d’Auvenay produce?

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Les Narvaux, Les Gouttes d’Or, Meursault, Pre de Manche, Chaumes des Perrieres