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1
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What is the Hospice de Beaune?

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The Hospice de Beaune is an annual wine auction held on the third Sunday of November. Its proceeds benefit the sick

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What provided the foundation of Burgundy’s current division of holdings?

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The Napoleonic Code (1804)

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What is the Napoleonic Code?

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Set of laws that required inheritances to be split equally among heirs (greatly fractured vineyard ownership in Burgundy)

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What are the five main regions of Burgundy from North to South?

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Chablis, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais, and Beaujolais

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What is the capital of Burgundy?

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Dijon

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Chablis is part of what French departement?

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Yonne

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What is the capital of Yonne?

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Auxerre

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What is the hierarchy of the Burgundy AOP system?

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Regional, village, premier cru, grand cru

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9
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Grand cru wines represent between 1% - 2% of total Burgundy’s wine production.
True or False

A

True

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10
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What percentage of total Burgundy’s wine production does regional level represent?

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50%

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In which major regions in Burgundy can grand cru designations be found?

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Chablis and Côte d’Or

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Premier Cru is a separate AOP designation in Burgundy’s AOP system.
True or False

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False.

Premier Cru designations are geographic delimitations for village AOP wines

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13
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What styles of wine can be produced under Bourgogne AOP?

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Red, white and rosé

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14
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What classic cocktail is made with Aligoté?

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Kir (a classic Kir is made with Aligoté and crème de cassis)

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In what Burgundy AOP can red and rosé wines be made by blending Pinot Noir and Gamay?

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Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP

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What is the assemblage for Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOP?

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Min. 30% Pinot Noir and min. 15% Gamay

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17
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What are the two Burgundy’s sparkling wines AOPs?

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Crémant de Bourgogne AOP and Bourgogne Mousseux AOP

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What style of wine is made under Bourgogne Mousseux AOP?

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Sparkling red wines produced by traditional method

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In what year was Crémant de Bourgogne AOP created?

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1975

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What style of wine is made under Crémant de Bourgogne AOP?

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Hand-harvested white and rosé sparkling wines made by traditional method

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Most of the crémant production in Burgundy is located in and around which commune?

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Rully (Côte Chalonnaise)

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22
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How many grand cru vineyards are there in the Côte d’Or?

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32

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What is the smallest grand cru in Burgundy?

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La Romanée AOP at 0.85 hectares (also the smallest AOP in France)

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What is the largest grand cru in Burgundy?

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Corton AOP at 160 hectares

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25
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Burgundy grand cru wine must be made out of a single and stated vineyard

True or False

A

True

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26
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Which is the largest grand cru in the Côte de Nuits?

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Clos de Vougeot AOP at 50.6 hectares

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27
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Chablis is closer to the Aube than to the Côte d’Or.

True or False

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True

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28
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What is the most important river in Chablis?

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Serein River

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29
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What is the climate in Chablis?

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Cool continental climate

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30
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What are the three Chablis AOPs?

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Petit Chablis AOP, Chablis AOP and Grand Cru Chablis AOP

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31
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What is the kind of soil in all of the premier cru and grand cru vineyards in Chablis?

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Kimmeridgian marl (mixture of limestone, clay and oyster fossils)

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32
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What is the soil like in Petit Chablis AOP?

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Portlandian limestone

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33
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Which is Burgundy’s largest white winegrowing region?

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Chablis

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34
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What way do the grand cru vineyards in Chablis face?

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South-west

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35
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Name the seven grand cru climats of Chablis

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Les Clos, Vaudésir, Valmur, Preuses, Blanchot, Bougros, and Grenouilles

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36
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What is the only Sauvignon Blanc AOP in Burgundy?

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Saint-Bris (Yonne department)

37
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What is the soil like in the Côte d’Or?

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Jurassic limestone and clay

38
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The Côte d’Or is located to the west of which river?

A

The Saône River

39
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What are “combes” in Burgundy?

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Dry valleys carved in the Côte d’Or hills

40
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Côte de Beaune reds are generally lighter than Côte de Nuits reds

True or False

41
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Between Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, which region tends to show more new oak?

A

Côte de Nuits

42
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What are the main village AOPs of the Côte de Nuits?

(North to South)

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Marsannay, Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-George

43
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How many grand cru vineyards are there in the Côte de Nuits?

44
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What is the only grand cru AOP in the Côte de Nuits that produces both red and white wine?

45
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Which is the largest village appellation in the Côte d’Or?

A

Gevrey-Chambertin

46
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What village holds the largest amount of grand cru vineyards in the Côte d’Or?

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Gevrey-Chambertin with nine grand cru vineyards

47
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What is one notable overperformer premier cru vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin?

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Clos Saint-Jacques

48
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What are the wines from Gevrey-Chambertin characterized by?

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Structure, deep concentration, weight, blacker fruit

49
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Name three highly acclaimed Domaines based in Gevrey-Chambertin

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Armand Rousseau, Claude Dugat, and Jean-Marie Fourrie

50
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What are the wines of Chambolle-Musigny characterized by?

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Elegance, delicate character yet with great intensity

51
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What are the two grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny?

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Musigny and part of Bonnes Mares

52
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Name one exceptional premier cru of Chambolle-Musigny

A

Les Amoureuses

53
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What village is considered a meeting point between the different styles from Gevrey and Chambolle?

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Morey-Saint-Denis

54
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What are the four grand crus located in Morey-Saint-Denis?

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Clos de Tart (monopole), Clos de Lambrays, Clos de la Roche, and Clos St-Denis (plus a little portion of Bonnes Mares)

55
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How many grand crus are there in Vosne-Romanée?

56
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What are the three monopole grand crus of Vosne-Romanée?

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La Tâche, Romanée-Conti (both owned by the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti) and La Grande Rue (owned by Domaine François Lamarche)

57
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How many grand crus are there in Nuits-Saint-Georges?

58
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Which was the last vineyard in Burgundy that was promoted to grand cru?

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La Grand-Rue in Vosne-Romanée (1992)

59
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What is the only grand cru AOP in the Côte de Beaune that allows both red and white wine production?

A

Corton (even though produces mostly red)

60
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What are the three communes that hold a piece of Corton grand cru?

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Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix-Serrigny, and Pernand-Vergelesses

61
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What village AOPs in the Côte de Beaune allow only red wine?

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Pommard and Volnay

62
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What are the differences between Pommard and Volnay wine styles?

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Pommard tends to be bigger, well-structured and more tannic while Volnay is softer, rounder and more fragrant

63
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Where are the most full-bodied reds of the Côte de Beaune found?

A

Corton and Pommard

64
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What village produces the most amount of white wine in the Côte d’Or?

65
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What is a classic expression of Meursault like?

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Rich, nutty and buttery with soft acidity

66
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Between Volnay, Pommard and Meursault, how many grand crus are there?

67
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Which is the Côte d’Or village with the most premier crus?

A

Chassagne-Montrachet (55 1er crus)

68
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Name the main villages of the Côte de Beaune (North to South)

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Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Santenay

69
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Which village AOP in the Côte de Nuits allows rouge, blanc and rosé production?

70
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Which village AOPs in the Côte de Nuits allow red wine production only?

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Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny and Vosne-Romanée

71
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Which village AOPs in the Côte de Nuits allow both white and red production?

A

Fixin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Vougeot and Nuits-Saint-Georges

72
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Bonnes Mares grand cru is divided between which two village AOPs?

A

Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis

73
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What AOP is in between Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet and allows red wine only?

A

Blagny AOP

74
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What village can label its white wines as either Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet depending of the location of the vineyard?

75
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When did the Côte Chalonnaise become a geographic designation of Bourgogne AOP?

76
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Rouge, blanc and rosé styles are allowed in the Bourgogne-Côte Chalonnaise AOP.

True or False

77
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What are the five village AOPs of the Côte Chalonnaise? (North to South)

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Bouzeron, Rully, Mercurey, Givry, Montagny

78
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Which village AOPs of the Côte Chalonnaise allow white wine only?

A

Bouzeron and Montagny

79
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In the Côte Chalonnaise, which villages produce more Pinot Noir than Chardonnay?

A

Givry and Mercurey

80
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Which village of the Côte Chalonnaise produces around two thirds of the total region’s production?

81
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Mâcon AOP is an appellation available for producers throughout the whole Mâconnais region.

True or False

82
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Mâcon AOP allows rouge, blanc and rosé styles.

True or False

83
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Which Mâconnais village AOP allows red wine production?

84
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Which are the two most important villages of the Mâconnais?

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Pouilly-Fuissé and Saint-Véran

85
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Name the 10 crus of Beaujolais

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St-Amour, Juliénas, Moulin-a-Vent, Chénas, Fleurie, Chiroubles, Morgon, Régnié, Brouilly, and Côte de Brouilly

86
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The northern region of Beaujolais tends to produce higher quality wine than the southern region.

True or False

87
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What is the soil type in the Northern Beaujolais?

88
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Top recent Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune vintages

A

2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015

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