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Geographical Designations of Bourgogne AOP

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Chitry, Côtes d’Auxerre, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Côte Saint-Jacques, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Hautes Côtes de Nuits,

Lieux-dits approved:
La Chapelle Notre-Dame, Le Chapitre, Montrecul/Montre-Cul, Côtes du Couchois, Epineuil, Tonnerre

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villages in the Cote de Nuits authorized to produce white wine

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Marsannay, Fixin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-George

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which premier cru in Vosne-Romanee does not abut a grand cru?

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Clos des Reas

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Producer that produces red and white Corton

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Chandon de Brialles produces Corton (Les Marachaudes, Les Bressandes, and Clos du Roi) and Corton Blanc, as well

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4 major Combes of the Cotes de Nuits

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Marsannay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny,, and NsG

Note: combes in the CdN tend to be narrower and deeper than in the CdB

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Hailstorms and the Combes

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according to Jeremy Seysses the hailstorms get stuck in a big Combe in Savigny-les-Beaune, go all the way around, and reemerge in Marsannay (so skip most of the CdN)

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south-facing vineyards coming out of a combe

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Clos St-Jacques in Gevrey, Clos St-Denis in Morey, Les Fuees or Les Cras in Chambolle, Les Petits Musigny for Combe d’Orvaux, Les Suhots in Vosne

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Sylvan Pataille

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Marsannay producer, Bourgogne Rouge is one of the best in Burgundy

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Bruno Clair

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true king of Marsannay

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Domaine Berthaut

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Fixin producer

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Grand Crus of Gevrey-Chambertin

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there are 9. Chambertin, Chambertin-Clos de Beze #1 and #2. The rest Charmes, Mazoyeres, Latricieres, Mazis, and Ruchottes

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Combe of Gevrey

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Combe Lavaux provides cool air and southerly exposures. top notch 1er crus are Combe de Laval, Lavaux St-Jacques, and Clos St-Jacques

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Aux Combottes

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surrounded by Grand Crus, Combottes is diminutive of Combes. It is cooler than the grand crus hence 1er cru, also poor drainage. In hot vinytages like 09 and 15 however it is as good if not better than the less grand crus of GC

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Phillipe Pacalet

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strong in GC and Marcel LaPierre’s nephew

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Morey-St-Denis Grand Crus

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Clos St-Denis, Clos de la Roche, Bonnes Mares, Clos des Lambrays, and Clos de Tart

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MSD producers

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Ponsot and Dujac

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Monts Luisants

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Aligote for Ponsot, Chardonnay for Dujac

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Cecile Tremblay

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interesting that grandniece of Jayer is in the same village as Dujac

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Grand Crus of Chambolle

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Bonnes Mares, and Musigny

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Premier Crus of Chambolle

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Les Amoureuses, Les Fuees, Les Gruenchers, Les Charms, and La Combe d’Orveau

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soils of Bonnes Mares

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northern end has terres rouges, southern portion has terres blanches (which makes a much gentler glass of wine)

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Chambolle produers

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Roumier, Mugnier,

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producers of Clos de Vougeot

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Leroy, Anne Gros, Mugneret-Gibourg

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The Pearl of the Cote

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an Allen Meadows book about Vosne

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Burghoud
Allen Meadows
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Vosne producers
DRC, Domaine Leroy, Anne Gros, Meo-Camuzet, Liger-Belair
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Vosne Grand Crus
La Tache, Richebourg, Romanee-Conti, Romanee-St-Vivant, La Romanee, Echezeaux (Flagey-Echezeaux), Grands-Echezeaux, and La Grande Rue
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Premier Crus of Vosne
Malconsorts, Gaudichots, Cros Parantoux, Suchots, Beaux Monts, and Petits Monts
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Montmorillonite
a special kind of clay mineral with exceptional ability to nourish vines (also shows up in Pomerol)
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Pinot Fin Project
AdV's project to isolate pre-clonal pinot noir material
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Stem vs no stem in Vosne
whole cluster side: DRC, Leroy, and Dujac no stem side: Jayer, Liger-Belair, and Meo-Camuzet
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how many premier crus in NSG
27 (no grand crus)
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NSG styles
North end (border with Vosne) vineyards like Boudots and Chaignots similar to Vosne. South along border with Premaux less elegant
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Chevillon 1er crus showing different styles of NSG
Chaignots (north) and Vaucrains (south)
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NSG prodcuers
Domaine Henri Gouges, Domaine Prieure Roch (family is part owner of DRC), Robert Chevillon,
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Hill of Corton Soils
Terres Blanches and Terres Rouges. White soils for Corton-Charlemagne where hard limestone and clay-dominant marls are planted with Chard. Lower on the slope the soils turn redder with Iron and Pinot thrives.
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Corton encepagement and assemblage
Styles and Encépagement: Blanc: Chardonnay plus a max. 10% Pinot Blanc Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay Aligoté may be used as part of the mixed blend of supplementary grapes for Corton Rouge, but may not be replanted Assemblage: For blanc wines, Pinot Blanc may not exceed 30% of the blend.
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en Charlemagne vs le Charlemagne
en Charlemagne faces west-southwest and is riper and more opulent. le Charlemagne faces west to northwest and ripens late making racy, mineral wine
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Corton named plots
the best (mid slope position) are Les Bressandes, Les Perrieres, Les Pougets, Les Renardes, Le Corton, and the best of them all Clos du Roi
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Cprton producers
Bonneau du Martray (based in Pernand-Vergelesses), Coche-Dury, and PYCM
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Beaune size
3rd largest in CdO behind Gevrey and Meursault
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Beaune Premier Crus
North: Marconnets, Clos du Roi, Bressands, Middles: Beaune-Greves South: along border with Pommard like Clos de Mouches (Drouhin's Clos des Mouches), and Vignes Franches (Jadot's Clos des Ursules)
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Beaune producers
Domaine des Croix, Domaine Drouhin, Nicolas Potel,
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s-les-Beaune Premier Crus
southern portion (northeast facing) are tougher e.g. Marconnets and Narbatons. Slopes on the north side face south more elegance e.g. Fourneaux, Vergelesses, and Serpentieres
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Savigny producers
Chandon de Briailles, Leroy, and Domaine Simon Bize
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Southern Part of Pommard soil
heavy, iron-rich clay producing somewhat rustic wines
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Les Rugiens
southern portion but higher up on the slope. Les Rugiens Bas considered the superior compared to Hautes.
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Les Rugiens Hautes
about a third of it was village until 1981
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Epenots
in northern part near border with Beaune
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Petits Epeneaux, Grands Epeneaux, and Clos de Epeneaux
Petites is lithe and elegant, Grand is more robust and structured, Clos des Epeneaux is MP of Comte Armand very silky despite Pommard's reputation
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Pommard producers
Domaine de Montille Rugiens (1978, 1971), Comte Armand Clos des Epeneaux,
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Pommard vs Volnay (soils)
Volnay is rich in active limestone as opposed to heavy clay
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Volnay vineyards
Taillepieds with white marl is more austere, Champans is more ferrous brown soils making rounder and stouter wine, Clos des Chenes on the southern edge is graceful, Just below is Caillerets with its small stones of limestone and marl, Clos de Ducs is MP of d'Angerville
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Volnay producers
Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, Domaine Lafarge, Domaine de Montille
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Meursault Lieu-dits
Rougeots, Tessons, Narvaux, Luchets, Chevaliers, Tillets, and Grands Charrons
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Meursault 1er crus
Perriers (should be GC), Charmes, Genevrieres
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Meursault producers
Domaine Guy Roulot, Domaine des Comte Lafon, Domaine Coche-Dury, Arnaud Ente,
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St-Aubin vineyards
En Remilly, Les Murgers des Dents de Chien ("Wall of dog's teeth"), and La Chatenieres
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good vintages for St-Aubin
hot ones like 2009 and 2015
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best producers of St-Aubin
PYCM and Domaine Hubert Lamy
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best Puligny 1er crus
Cailleret, Clavoillon, Folatieres, and Combettes
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Grand Crus around Montrachet
compared to Montrachet, Chevalier is on thinner soils higher on slope and is more edgy and mineral, Batard on more clay is rounder and richer, Bienvenue and Criots-Batard are rounder less complex
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water table in Puligny
high, so soils are damp. Cellars above ground unlike Meursault. Village-level wines in Puligny are highly limited and tough to produce
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Top Puligny producers
Domaine Leflaive, Domaine Francois and Jacques Carillon, Etienne Sauzet,
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Chassagne-Montrachet 1er crus
Morgeot lies below the fault line, La Romanee, Grandes Ruchottes, and En Cailleret lie above the fault line (more lean, strict, and mineral). Clos St-Jean, Chaumees and Vergers, Chenevottes,
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Chassagne producers
Paul Pillot, PYCM, Domaine Bernard Moreau
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Enseigneres
both Puligny and Chassagne
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Bougros
South-facing and low-sloping, full-bodied maybe a little rustic.
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Preuses
sunny and warm, high on the slope over Bougros and Vaudesir with a southern exposure
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Vaudesir
the best (along with Les Clos and Valmur). faces south-southeast
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Grenouilles
the lowest grand cru on the slope. 7 of the 9 hectares are owned by the co-op
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Valmur
high on the slope very firm and mineral
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Les Clos
the king
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Blanchots
southeast exposure, well-draining
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Fourchaume
has a portion Vaulorent that is separated from the rest by unplanted, unauthorized land in the hill
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Vaulorent
is the only 1er cru that is on the same slope as the grand crus (borders Presuses) but cannot be grand cru because it doesn't lie within the official boundaries of the town of Chablis
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Montee de Tonnerre
historically Montee de Tonnerre refers to the top section of the vineyard, the lower section was Chapelot (Raveneau still bottles a separate Chapelot)
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Chapelot
lower portion of Montee de Tonnerre
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Vaillons
warm (relatively), one of the first places harvested, full ripeness and soft. inside is another 1er cru Secher (Dauvissat spels it Sechet)
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Secer (Sechet)
within Vaillons more acid and mineral
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Montmains
divided into 3 separate 1er crus all can take the name Montmains. Eponymous section lies closes to the Serein, next to that is Foret (Dauvissat calls it Forest, last is Butteaux
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Gang of Four
Jean-Paul Thevenet, Guy Breton, Jean Foillard, and Marcel Lapierre) all under the the influence of Jules Chauvet
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St-Amour
The most northern cru, steep slopes, high altitude. lighter body
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Julienas
name for Julius Caesar. More powerful and dense than St-AMour with more tannin
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Chenas
smallest and least well known of all the crus. Fleshy and powerful wines with black fruits and peppery snap that suggests the Rhone. Pink granite here
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Moulin-a-Vent
flavors tend toward dark fruit and floral in youth, turning red with age. Some say character is function of high leveals of manganese in the soil, as well as iron. Some say it's heavy winds. Pink granite soils here too
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Fleurie Climats
``` shares pink granite soils with Chenas and Moulin-a-vent. Has 13 different climats? Les Côtes Le Bon Cru La Roilette Les Moriers Les Roches Les Garants Poncié Montgenas La Chapelle de Bois La Madone Grille-Midi Champagne La Joie du Palais ```
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Flerie
shares pink granite soils with Chenas and Moulin-a-vent. flavors tend toward dark, red fruit with violet perfume . producers include Dutraive, Metras, Sunier
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Chiroubles
highest altitudes and steepest slopes. Lighter wines
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Morgon
wines are dark-hued and savory with powerful flavors, a rich texture, and moderate tannins
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Cote de Py
Schist
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Corcelette
Morgon subzone. light granitic sand producing silky and elgant wines with light tannins

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