Burgundy
Burgundy is a wine region in France. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay define Burgundy, with regional, village, Premier Cru, and Grand Cru appellations marking increasingly specific origins.
Where it is
Map data: INAO (Licence Ouverte 2.0); Natural Earth
Places in Burgundy
Chablis
The northernmost part of Burgundy, cold enough to keep its whites lean, on fossil-rich limestone.
Côte de Beaune
The southern Côte d'Or and a benchmark for white Burgundy, centered on Chardonnay.
Côte de Nuits
The northern Côte d'Or and a benchmark for red Burgundy, centered on Pinot Noir.
Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise
The regional Burgundy wine name for the hills south of the Côte de Beaune, around Mercurey and Rully.
Bourgogne Côte d'Or
The Burgundy regional name for wine grown on the Côte d'Or slope itself, between Dijon and Santenay.
Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune
Cooler hill country set back behind the Côte de Beaune, planted above and west of the village slope.
Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
The upland plateau behind the Côte de Nuits, where vines sit on high, late-ripening ground.
Chablisien
The Chablis area in northern Burgundy, around the town of Chablis, where Chardonnay makes crisp, dry white wine.
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Classic styles
- Chablis
- Meursault
- Beaune
- Red Burgundy
- Mâcon
- Chambertin
- Montrachet
- Corton
- White Burgundy
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Pommard
- Pouilly-Fuissé
Grapes
Producers in Burgundy
Agnès Paquet
A Côte de Beaune estate Agnès Paquet built from a single inherited Auxey-Duresses parcel in 2000, now thirteen hectares across village and regional appellations.
DOMAINE HENRI DELAGRANGE
Domaine Henri Delagrange is a Volnay family estate in Burgundy’s Côte de Beaune, with Alexei Delagrange making the wines since the 2022 vintage.
DOMAINE VOCORET ET FILS
A Chablis estate founded in 1870, Domaine Vocoret & Fils makes Chardonnay across village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyard classifications.
Daniel-Etienne Defaix
A Chablis estate that ages its cru wines eight to ten years in tank before bottling, far longer than most producers today.
Domaine Bart
Domaine Bart, based in Marsannay, inherited prized plots in Bonnes-Mares and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze when the historic Domaine Clair-Daü was divided.
Domaine Girardin Justin
A Santenay family domaine whose family has farmed in Burgundy since 1570, now run by Justin Girardin, the thirteenth generation.
Domaine Gruhier Dominique
A Burgundy domaine near Chablis that makes its wines in the cellars of the Abbaye du Petit Quincy, a former abbey of Cistercian monks.
Domaine Jean-Baptiste Boudier
A Pernand-Vergelesses domaine that climbs the Corton hill, running from village Pernand through Premier Cru Les Fichots up to Corton Renardes Grand Cru.
Domaine Moingeon André et Fils
Domaine André Moingeon et Fils has made wine under its own name in Saint-Aubin since 1983, farming vineyards across several Côte de Beaune villages.
Domaine du Clos des Rocs
A Pouilly-Loché domaine in southern Burgundy that owns its walled Clos des Rocs vineyard outright, making it a monopole, a vineyard with one owner.
Edmond Cornu & Fils
A family estate at Ladoix-Serrigny on the northern end of the Corton hill, farming fifteen hectares of Pinot Noir up to Corton Bressandes Grand Cru.
Henri Prudhon & Fils
A Saint-Aubin domaine that began estate bottling in the 1980s, concentrated on the village's premiers crus En Remilly and Les Frionnes beside Chassagne and Puligny parcels.
Jean-Philippe Fichet
A Meursault grower focused on individual lieux-dits, bottling sites such as Le Tesson and Les Chevalières separately.
SEGUIN-MANUEL
Founded in Burgundy in 1824, Domaine Seguin-Manuel is now led by Thibaut Marion, who farms its vineyards organically and makes wines around Beaune.