Burgundy Burgundy

oChablis

oCôte de Nuits

oCôte de Beaune

oCôte Chalonnaise

oMaconnais

oBeaujolais
 Burgundy
❑ Burgundy produces both White & Red
Wines and their best Wines are among
the best in the World.
❑ Located in Central Eastern France, it
has very hot summers and severe winters.
❑ On the bank of Saône River.
Burgundy
❑ Bourgogne's in French – are extraordinary wines.
❑ The system of land ownership is complex. Burgundy has thousands of
tiny vineyards, each of which has multiple owners.
❑ Two grape varieties dominates.
❑ All top White Burgundies are made from Chardonnay.
❑ All top red come from Pinot Noir.
 Burgundy Burgundy
A few others grape are also grown, the 2 most significant of those are :

Chardonnay

Pinot Noir Aligoté Gamay

 Burgundy Chablis
Six Main Regions ❑ Almost all Chardonnay.
❑ A dry white wine renowned for the purity of its aroma and
❑ Chablis taste.
❑ Côte d’ Nuits ❑ Compare to rest of Burgundy, Chablis has much less influence
of Oak and vinified in stainless steel tanks
❑ Côte de Beaunne ❑ Many Grand Cru & Premier Cru Wines receive some
maturation in Oak Barrels.
❑ Côte Chalonnaise
❑ Best drunk young and fresh – up to 5 years – if kept in good
❑ Mâconnais condition

❑ Beaujolais
 Chablis ~ Location Chablis ~ Appellation & Qualification
❑ Closer to Champagne than rest of the
Appellation was created in 1938.
Burgundy, half way between Dijon &
Paris.
Grand Cru --- 7 Vineyards
❑ The Petit Chablis Area is produced in
Premiers Cru --- 40 Vineyards
Villages.
Chablis &
❑ Region covers : 15km(9
miles) x 20km (12 miles)
Petit Chablis
Chablis ~ Grand Cru Chablis ~ Premier Cru
Chablis Petit Chablis
 Côte d’Nuits Côte d’Nuits
Côte means literally slope or hill in French.
Grapes:
Côte d’Or : apparently translates as “Golden Slope”
❑ Red – Pinot Noir
Viticulturally it is divided into 2 sectors:
❑ White – Chardonnay, small amount
of Pinot Blanc. ❑ Côte d’Nuits – in which great red wines are made from Pinot Noir.

❑ Côte de Beaune – where the reds are joined by the finest white grapes
chardonnay.
 Famous red wines from - Côte d’Nuits Famous red wines from - Côte d’Nuits
Gevrey-Chambertin Chambolle Musigny
Full Bodied Grand Cru Wine. Famous red wine from
Cote d’Nuits.
 Côte de Beaune Côte de Beaune
❑ The Côte de Beaune appellation is given to wines coming from the
city of Beaune but also from 16 villages around Beaune
Grapes:
❑ Côte de Beaune Villages is a different appellation.
❑ Red – Pinot Noir
❑ Wines from all the Côte de Beaune area can substitute their local
❑ White – Chardonnay, small amount appellation with this regional type of appellation
of Pinot Blanc.
Côte de Beaune Côte de Beaune Village
 Côte Chalonnaise
Grapes:
❑ Red – Pinot Noir
❑ White – Chardonnay, with some
Aligoté and Gamay.
Côte Chalonnaise
❑ The large bulk producing area in the south of Burgundy.
❑ The basic appellation for the whole region is AC Bourgogne – Blanc or
Rouge.
❑ Pink wines from anywhere in the region are labeled Bourgogne Rosé or
Bourgogne Claret.
Côte Chalonnaise Mâconnais

Grapes:
❑ Red – Pinot Noir, Gamay, César,
Tressot.

❑ White – Chardonnay, Aligoté, Pinot

blanc, Pinot Gris, Sacy
 Mâconnais Famous Wines from Mâconnais
Pouilly Fuisse:

Best white wine(dry) of Mâconnais

The Southernmost region of Burgundy in Burgundy.
is the Mâconnais, opposite the town of
Macon, which is in many ways the
commercial hub of the region.
 Beaujolais Beaujolais

Grapes:

❑ Red – Gamay

❑ White – Chardonnay
 Beaujolais Famous Wines from Beaujolais
❑ Burgundy southernmost wine region. Fleurie

❑ The huge Beaujolais area is devoted to the red grape Gamay. The best Beaujolais (fruity,
scented, silky, red) wine)
❑ One of the wine making world’s most individual red wine styles.

❑ The wine from here is such a light weight that few bother to age it