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Geographical Designations of Bourgogne AOP

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Chitry, Côtes d’Auxerre, Côte d’Or, Côte Chalonnaise, Côte Saint-Jacques, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Hautes Côtes de Nuits,

Lieux-dits approved:
La Chapelle Notre-Dame, Le Chapitre, Montrecul/Montre-Cul, Côtes du Couchois, Epineuil, Tonnerre

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villages in the Cote de Nuits authorized to produce white wine

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Marsannay, Fixin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-George

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which premier cru in Vosne-Romanee does not abut a grand cru?

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Clos des Reas

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Producer that produces red and white Corton

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Chandon de Brialles produces Corton (Les Marachaudes, Les Bressandes, and Clos du Roi) and Corton Blanc, as well

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4 major Combes of the Cotes de Nuits

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Marsannay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny,, and NsG

Note: combes in the CdN tend to be narrower and deeper than in the CdB

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Hailstorms and the Combes

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according to Jeremy Seysses the hailstorms get stuck in a big Combe in Savigny-les-Beaune, go all the way around, and reemerge in Marsannay (so skip most of the CdN)

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south-facing vineyards coming out of a combe

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Clos St-Jacques in Gevrey, Clos St-Denis in Morey, Les Fuees or Les Cras in Chambolle, Les Petits Musigny for Combe d’Orvaux, Les Suhots in Vosne

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Sylvan Pataille

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Marsannay producer, Bourgogne Rouge is one of the best in Burgundy

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Bruno Clair

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true king of Marsannay

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Domaine Berthaut

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Fixin producer

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Grand Crus of Gevrey-Chambertin

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there are 9. Chambertin, Chambertin-Clos de Beze #1 and #2. The rest Charmes, Mazoyeres, Latricieres, Mazis, and Ruchottes

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Combe of Gevrey

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Combe Lavaux provides cool air and southerly exposures. top notch 1er crus are Combe de Laval, Lavaux St-Jacques, and Clos St-Jacques

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Aux Combottes

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surrounded by Grand Crus, Combottes is diminutive of Combes. It is cooler than the grand crus hence 1er cru, also poor drainage. In hot vinytages like 09 and 15 however it is as good if not better than the less grand crus of GC

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Phillipe Pacalet

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strong in GC and Marcel LaPierre’s nephew

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Morey-St-Denis Grand Crus

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Clos St-Denis, Clos de la Roche, Bonnes Mares, Clos des Lambrays, and Clos de Tart

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MSD producers

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Ponsot and Dujac

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Monts Luisants

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Aligote for Ponsot, Chardonnay for Dujac

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Cecile Tremblay

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interesting that grandniece of Jayer is in the same village as Dujac

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Grand Crus of Chambolle

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Bonnes Mares, and Musigny

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Premier Crus of Chambolle

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Les Amoureuses, Les Fuees, Les Gruenchers, Les Charms, and La Combe d’Orveau

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soils of Bonnes Mares

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northern end has terres rouges, southern portion has terres blanches (which makes a much gentler glass of wine)

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Chambolle produers

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Roumier, Mugnier,

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producers of Clos de Vougeot

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Leroy, Anne Gros, Mugneret-Gibourg

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The Pearl of the Cote

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an Allen Meadows book about Vosne

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Burghoud

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Allen Meadows

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Vosne producers

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DRC, Domaine Leroy, Anne Gros, Meo-Camuzet, Liger-Belair

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Vosne Grand Crus

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La Tache, Richebourg, Romanee-Conti, Romanee-St-Vivant, La Romanee, Echezeaux (Flagey-Echezeaux), Grands-Echezeaux, and La Grande Rue

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Premier Crus of Vosne

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Malconsorts, Gaudichots, Cros Parantoux, Suchots, Beaux Monts, and Petits Monts

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Montmorillonite

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a special kind of clay mineral with exceptional ability to nourish vines (also shows up in Pomerol)

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30
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Pinot Fin Project

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AdV’s project to isolate pre-clonal pinot noir material

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Stem vs no stem in Vosne

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whole cluster side: DRC, Leroy, and Dujac

no stem side: Jayer, Liger-Belair, and Meo-Camuzet

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how many premier crus in NSG

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27 (no grand crus)

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NSG styles

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North end (border with Vosne) vineyards like Boudots and Chaignots similar to Vosne. South along border with Premaux less elegant

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Chevillon 1er crus showing different styles of NSG

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Chaignots (north) and Vaucrains (south)

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NSG prodcuers

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Domaine Henri Gouges, Domaine Prieure Roch (family is part owner of DRC), Robert Chevillon,

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Hill of Corton Soils

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Terres Blanches and Terres Rouges. White soils for Corton-Charlemagne where hard limestone and clay-dominant marls are planted with Chard. Lower on the slope the soils turn redder with Iron and Pinot thrives.

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37
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Corton encepagement and assemblage

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Styles and Encépagement:
Blanc: Chardonnay plus a max. 10% Pinot Blanc
Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay
Aligoté may be used as part of the mixed blend of supplementary grapes for Corton Rouge, but may not be replanted
Assemblage: For blanc wines, Pinot Blanc may not exceed 30% of the blend.

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en Charlemagne vs le Charlemagne

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en Charlemagne faces west-southwest and is riper and more opulent. le Charlemagne faces west to northwest and ripens late making racy, mineral wine

39
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Corton named plots

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the best (mid slope position) are Les Bressandes, Les Perrieres, Les Pougets, Les Renardes, Le Corton, and the best of them all Clos du Roi

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Cprton producers

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Bonneau du Martray (based in Pernand-Vergelesses), Coche-Dury, and PYCM

41
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Beaune size

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3rd largest in CdO behind Gevrey and Meursault

42
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Beaune Premier Crus

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North: Marconnets, Clos du Roi, Bressands,

Middles: Beaune-Greves

South: along border with Pommard like Clos de Mouches (Drouhin’s Clos des Mouches), and Vignes Franches (Jadot’s Clos des Ursules)

43
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Beaune producers

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Domaine des Croix, Domaine Drouhin, Nicolas Potel,

44
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s-les-Beaune Premier Crus

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southern portion (northeast facing) are tougher e.g. Marconnets and Narbatons. Slopes on the north side face south more elegance e.g. Fourneaux, Vergelesses, and Serpentieres

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Savigny producers

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Chandon de Briailles, Leroy, and Domaine Simon Bize

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Southern Part of Pommard soil

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heavy, iron-rich clay producing somewhat rustic wines

47
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Les Rugiens

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southern portion but higher up on the slope. Les Rugiens Bas considered the superior compared to Hautes.

48
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Les Rugiens Hautes

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about a third of it was village until 1981

49
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Epenots

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in northern part near border with Beaune

50
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Petits Epeneaux, Grands Epeneaux, and Clos de Epeneaux

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Petites is lithe and elegant, Grand is more robust and structured, Clos des Epeneaux is MP of Comte Armand very silky despite Pommard’s reputation

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Pommard producers

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Domaine de Montille Rugiens (1978, 1971), Comte Armand Clos des Epeneaux,

52
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Pommard vs Volnay (soils)

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Volnay is rich in active limestone as opposed to heavy clay

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Volnay vineyards

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Taillepieds with white marl is more austere, Champans is more ferrous brown soils making rounder and stouter wine, Clos des Chenes on the southern edge is graceful, Just below is Caillerets with its small stones of limestone and marl, Clos de Ducs is MP of d’Angerville

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Volnay producers

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Domaine Marquis d’Angerville, Domaine Lafarge, Domaine de Montille

55
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Meursault Lieu-dits

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Rougeots, Tessons, Narvaux, Luchets, Chevaliers, Tillets, and Grands Charrons

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Meursault 1er crus

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Perriers (should be GC), Charmes, Genevrieres

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Meursault producers

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Domaine Guy Roulot, Domaine des Comte Lafon, Domaine Coche-Dury, Arnaud Ente,

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St-Aubin vineyards

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En Remilly, Les Murgers des Dents de Chien (“Wall of dog’s teeth”), and La Chatenieres

59
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good vintages for St-Aubin

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hot ones like 2009 and 2015

60
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best producers of St-Aubin

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PYCM and Domaine Hubert Lamy

61
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best Puligny 1er crus

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Cailleret, Clavoillon, Folatieres, and Combettes

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Grand Crus around Montrachet

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compared to Montrachet, Chevalier is on thinner soils higher on slope and is more edgy and mineral, Batard on more clay is rounder and richer, Bienvenue and Criots-Batard are rounder less complex

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water table in Puligny

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high, so soils are damp. Cellars above ground unlike Meursault. Village-level wines in Puligny are highly limited and tough to produce

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Top Puligny producers

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Domaine Leflaive, Domaine Francois and Jacques Carillon, Etienne Sauzet,

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Chassagne-Montrachet 1er crus

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Morgeot lies below the fault line, La Romanee, Grandes Ruchottes, and En Cailleret lie above the fault line (more lean, strict, and mineral). Clos St-Jean, Chaumees and Vergers, Chenevottes,

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Chassagne producers

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Paul Pillot, PYCM, Domaine Bernard Moreau

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Enseigneres

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both Puligny and Chassagne

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Bougros

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South-facing and low-sloping, full-bodied maybe a little rustic.

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Preuses

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sunny and warm, high on the slope over Bougros and Vaudesir with a southern exposure

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Vaudesir

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the best (along with Les Clos and Valmur). faces south-southeast

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Grenouilles

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the lowest grand cru on the slope. 7 of the 9 hectares are owned by the co-op

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Valmur

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high on the slope very firm and mineral

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Les Clos

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the king

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Blanchots

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southeast exposure, well-draining

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Fourchaume

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has a portion Vaulorent that is separated from the rest by unplanted, unauthorized land in the hill

76
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Vaulorent

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is the only 1er cru that is on the same slope as the grand crus (borders Presuses) but cannot be grand cru because it doesn’t lie within the official boundaries of the town of Chablis

77
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Montee de Tonnerre

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historically Montee de Tonnerre refers to the top section of the vineyard, the lower section was Chapelot (Raveneau still bottles a separate Chapelot)

78
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Chapelot

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lower portion of Montee de Tonnerre

79
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Vaillons

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warm (relatively), one of the first places harvested, full ripeness and soft. inside is another 1er cru Secher (Dauvissat spels it Sechet)

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Secer (Sechet)

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within Vaillons more acid and mineral

81
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Montmains

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divided into 3 separate 1er crus all can take the name Montmains. Eponymous section lies closes to the Serein, next to that is Foret (Dauvissat calls it Forest, last is Butteaux

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Gang of Four

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Jean-Paul Thevenet, Guy Breton, Jean Foillard, and Marcel Lapierre) all under the the influence of Jules Chauvet

83
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St-Amour

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The most northern cru, steep slopes, high altitude. lighter body

84
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Julienas

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name for Julius Caesar. More powerful and dense than St-AMour with more tannin

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Chenas

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smallest and least well known of all the crus. Fleshy and powerful wines with black fruits and peppery snap that suggests the Rhone. Pink granite here

86
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Moulin-a-Vent

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flavors tend toward dark fruit and floral in youth, turning red with age. Some say character is function of high leveals of manganese in the soil, as well as iron. Some say it’s heavy winds. Pink granite soils here too

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Fleurie Climats

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shares pink granite soils with Chenas and Moulin-a-vent.  Has 13 different climats?
Les Côtes
Le Bon Cru
La Roilette
Les Moriers
Les Roches
Les Garants
Poncié
Montgenas
La Chapelle de Bois
La Madone
Grille-Midi
Champagne
La Joie du Palais
88
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Flerie

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shares pink granite soils with Chenas and Moulin-a-vent. flavors tend toward dark, red fruit with violet perfume . producers include Dutraive, Metras, Sunier

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Chiroubles

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highest altitudes and steepest slopes. Lighter wines

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Morgon

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wines are dark-hued and savory with powerful flavors, a rich texture, and moderate tannins

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Cote de Py

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Schist

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Corcelette

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Morgon subzone. light granitic sand producing silky and elgant wines with light tannins

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