Burgundy

Question 1

What are the 4 departments Burgundy is made up on ?

Answer 1

• Yonne, 89, northern part with Auxerre as capital
• La Nievre, 58, western part, include the Morvan regional nature park, Nevers as capital
• La côte d’or, 21, eastern part, highly in the north west and flat in the south east, Dijon as capital
• Saone & Loire, 71, southern part stretched from the bank of the Loire West to the foothills of the Jura West, Macon as capital

Question 2

How many appellations ?

Answer 2

84

Question 3

What is the surface of the vineyard ?

Answer 3

• A bit less than 30 000 hectares (compared to 130 000 in Bordeaux)
• 150km long

Question 4

What are the different wine producing areas ?

Answer 4

From North to South:

• Chablis et le Grand Auxerrois
• Côte de Nuit et Hautes Côtes de Nuit
• Côte de Beaune et Hautes Côtes de Beaune
• Côte Chalonnaise et Couchois
• Maconnais

Question 5

What is the soil made of ?

Answer 5

Each terroir is different and can vary from a village to the next one. Clay-limestone tend to dominate though

Question 6

What is the climate ? (attention Climate refers to a plot of land delimited thousand of years ago)

Answer 6

• Continental, Mediterranean and oceanic influences
• Temperate in average
• Hotter and dryer climate in the Southeast Part of the Region (Maconnais)
• More semi-continental in the Chablis and Grand auxerrois region, wetter and more susceptible to springtime frosts.

Question 7

What is a Climat in Burgundy ?

Answer 7

• A delimited plot of Land with specific geological and climate conditions, combine with a grape variety and a know how. Its the name for a specific vineyard and there is about 1 000 different of them.
• Some Climats were first referenced as far back as the 7th century, such as Clos de Bèze in Gevrey.
• Lieu-dit is also a plot of land but not registered by the INAO. Some producers add it to the appelation