Morey-Saint-Denis () is a
commune in the
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or () is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124. department in eastern
France
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.
Population
Wine
Morey-Saint-Denis is situated in the Northern section of the
Côte d'Or
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called
Côte de Nuits
The Côte de Nuits () is a French wine region located in the northern part of the Côte d'Or (escarpment), Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is at the heart of the Burgundy wine region. It extends from Dijon to just south of Nuits-Saint-Georges ...
. It is one of the principal wine producing villages of the region.
Within Morey-Saint-Denis there are five
Grand Cru appellation
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication used to identify where the ingredients of a food or beverage originated, most often used for the origin of wine grapes. Restrictions other than geographical boundaries, s ...
s and 20
Premier Cru
Cru is a wine Glossary of wine terms, term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French language, French word which was originally used to refer to both a region and anything grown in it, but is now mostly used t ...
vineyards. The
Bonnes Mares
Bonnes Mares is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. The AOC was created in 1936. It is shared between the two ...
appellation straddles the border between Morey-Saint-Denis and
Chambolle-Musigny
Chambolle-Musigny () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' in eastern France.
It is one of the wine villages situated on the Côte-d'Or escarpment, and is one of the twelve Côte d'Or communes of France which added or adopted the nam ...
and therefore can be produced in either commun
Grand Cru appellations
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Clos de Tart
Clos de Tart is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the sole grape variety. It is situated in the commune of Morey-Saint-Denis in the ...
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Bonnes Mares
Bonnes Mares is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. The AOC was created in 1936. It is shared between the two ...
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Clos de la Roche
Clos de la Roche is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pg 191-195 Workman Publishing 2001 It is situated in t ...
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Clos Saint-Denis
Clos Saint-Denis is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the main grape variety.K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pg 191-195 Workman Publish ...
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Clos des Lambrays
Clos des Lambrays is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) and Grand cru (wine), Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy wine, Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. K. MacNeil ''The Wine ...
Premier Cru vineyards
*Les Genevrières
*Monts Luisants
*Les Chaffots
*Clos Baulet
*Les Blanchards
*Les Gruenchers
*La Riotte
*Les Millandes
*Les Faconnières
*Les Charrières
*Clos des Ormes
*Aux Charmes
*Aux Cheseaux
*Les Chenevery
*Le Village
*Les Sorbés
*Clos Sorbé
*La Bussière
*Les Ruchots
See also
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Communes of the Côte-d'Or department
The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):[Route des Grands Crus
The Route des Grands Crus (; roughly, "road of the great wines") is the name of a tourist route situated in Burgundy, France.
The approximately 60-kilometre route runs along the foot of the Côte d'Or escarpment, from Dijon in the north to Sa ...]
References
Communes of Côte-d'Or
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