Frankreich-Burgund-Weinberg direkt bei Beaune

Beaune wine is produced in the commune of

Beaune Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annu ...

in the

Côte de Beaune The Côte de Beaune area is the southern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is home to the great names of Burgundy wine. The Côte de Beaune starts between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaune, and extends southwards for about 25 k ...

subregion of

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. The ''

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'' (AOC) Beaune may be used for

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and

white wine White wine is a wine that is fermented without skin contact. The colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured pulp of grapes, which may have a skin of any colour. Whi ...

with respectively

Pinot noir Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...

and

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new ...

as the main grape variety. The production consists of slightly over 85 percent red wine, and slightly less than 15 percent white wine. While there are no ''

Grand cru Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French word which is traditionally translated as "growth", as is the past participle of the verb "croître" (to grow); it literally means 'grown'. The ...

'' vineyards within Beaune, there are several well-known and highly regarded ''

Premier cru Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French word which is traditionally translated as "growth", as is the past participle of the verb "croître" (to grow); it literally means 'grown'. The ...

'' vineyards, including some that are owned by the large ''

négociant A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to de ...

'' houses in Beaune and produce some of their "flagship" wines at the ''Premier cru'' level. The AOC was created in 1936. In 2008, there was of vineyard surface in production for Beaune wine at village and ''Premier cru'' level, making Beaune the largest village-named appellation of the Côte d'Or, just ahead of

Gevrey-Chambertin AOC Gevrey-Chambertin wine is produced in the communes of Gevrey-Chambertin and Brochon in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy. The ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) Gevrey-Chambertin may be used only for red wine with Pinot noir as th ...

in vineyard size. A total of 15,652 hectolitres of wine were produced in 2008, of which 13,319 hectolitres were red wine and 2,333 hectolitres white wine.BIVB: Les Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée de Bourgogne
accessed on November 16, 2009 Some of this area was used for the red wines in 2007.BIVB: Beaune
accessed on November 16, 2009 The total amount produced corresponds to almost 2.1 million bottles, which included almost 1.8 million bottles of red wine and a little over 300,000 bottles of white wine. For white wines, the AOC regulations allow both Chardonnay and

Pinot blanc Pinot blanc is a white wine grape. It is a point genetic mutation of Pinot noir. Pinot noir is genetically unstable and will occasionally experience a point mutation in which a vine bears all black fruit except for one cane which produces ...

to be used, but most wines are 100% Chardonnay. The AOC regulations also allow up to 15 percent total of Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and

Pinot gris Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio (, ) or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. Thought to be a mutant clone of the Pinot Noir variety, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name, but the gr ...

as accessory grapes in the red wines,AOC regulations, last updated 1998
/ref> but this is not practised very often. The allowed base yield is 40 hectoliters per hectare of red wine and 45 hectoliters per hectare for white wine. The grapes must reach a maturity of at least 10.5 percent

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, which annually holds a charity

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''Premiers crus''

There are 42 '' climats'' in Beaune classified as ''Premier cru'' vineyards, located as a wide band across the commune, from its border with

Pommard Pommard () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. Famous for its Côte de Beaune wine production, Pommard is situated directly south of Beaune along the Route des Grands Crus. The D973 r ...

to its border with

Savigny-lès-Beaune Savigny-lès-Beaune (, literally ''Savigny near Beaune'') is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.Côte d'Or hillside just above (to the west of) the town. More than three-quarters of the vineyard surface within Beaune AOC is classified as ''Premier cru''. The wines of these vineyards are designated ''Beaune Premier Cru'' + vineyard name, or may labelled just ''Beaune Premier Cru'', in which case it is possible to blend wine from several ''Premier cru'' vineyards within the AOC. In 2007, of the total Beaune vineyard surface consisted of Premier Cru vineyards, of which red and white Beaune Premier Cru. The annual production of Premier Cru wine, as a five-year average, is 5,231 hectolitres of red wine and 440 hectoliters of white wine. The ''climats'' classified as ''Premiers crus'' are:

Flagship Beaune ''Premier cru'' wines

The "flagship" wines of the Beaune-based négociants are mainly the following: * ''Clos des Mouches'' from Maison Joseph Drouhin. Both a red and a white Clos des Mouches is produced, with the white version usually commanding a slightly higher price than the red and holding the status as the most famous white wine from the Beaune AOC. It was included in

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. The two wines come from a holding of , located in the southern part of the commune, on the border to Pommard AOC. It is planted to half of Pinot noir for the red wine and half of Chardonnay for the white wine. It was purchased in the form of several different parcels from different previous owner by Maurice Drouhin in the 1920s in order to create one large top-class vineyard for Drouhin. * ''Clos des Ursules'' from

Maison Louis Jadot Maison Louis Jadot (or Louis Jadot) is a winery that was founded by Louis Henry Denis Jadot in 1859. The first vineyard bought by the Jadot family is the Beaune vineyard, Clos des Ursules, in 1826. The family wine company produces and markets ...

. This red wine comes from a walled vineyard (

clos Clos may refer to: People * Clos (surname) Other uses * CLOS, Command line-of-sight, a method of guiding a missile to its intended target * Clos network, a kind of multistage switching network * Clos (vineyard), a walled vineyard; used in Fran ...

) which is a part of the climat ''Les Vignes Franches'' in the southern part of the commune. It was purchased by Louis Henry Denis Jadot in 1826, and has remained in Jadot's hands since then. * ''Vigne De L'Enfant Jésus'' from Bouchard Père & Fils. This red wine comes from a plot of slightly under which is a part of the climat ''Les Grèves'', in the central-northern part of the commune. It has been owned by Bouchard since 1791, when property nationalised during the

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was sold off, and was previously owned by

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which had received it as a donation in the 17th century.Bouchard Père & Fils: Vigne De L'Enfant Jésus
accessed on November 16, 2009

Other "Beaune" appellations

The name "Beaune" also appears in the appellations Chorey-lès-Beaune AOC and Savigny-lès-Beaune AOC. However, these are separate appellations from two other communes that border on Beaune, and the ''lès-Beaune'' in these villages' names simply mean "near Beaune". The entire subregion Côte de Beaune has been named after Beaune, and also appears in the name of Côte de Beaune AOC and Côte de Beaune-Villages AOC. Côte de Beaune-Villages AOC is appellation that can be used for wines from several communes, and are therefore typically seen as simpler appellations. Côte de Beaune AOC, often confused with Côte de Beaune-Villages AOC, is an AOC for a small number of vineyards high on the slopes above Beaune. French Wikipedia: Côte de Beaune AOC The

Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Hautes-Côtes de Beaune is a subregion of the Burgundy wine region located to the west of the Côte de Beaune subregion. While Côte de Beaune consists of vineyards located on or close to the main Côte d'Or escarpment, Hautes-Côtes de Beaune co ...

is a subregion covering various smaller valleys immediately to the west of the Côtes de Beaune areas on or closer to the main Côte d'Or escarpment. They are sold as

Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune AOC Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The ...

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