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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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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.

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