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Beaune AOP
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AOC/AOP Regulations
Département: Côte d'Or
Communes of Production: Beaune
Styles and Encépagement:
Blanc: Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc, plus a max. 10% Pinot Gris
Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay
Blanc/Rouge "Premier Cru"
Assemblage: For Blanc wines, Pinot Gris may not exceed 30% of the blend.
Minimum Potential Alcohol:
Blanc: 11%
Rouge: 10.5%
Blanc "Premier Cru": 11.5%
Rouge "Premier Cru": 11%
Minimum Must Weight:
Blanc: 178 g/l (170 g/l prior to 2011)
Rouge: 180 g/l (171 g/l prior to 2011)
Blanc "Premier Cru": 187 g/l (178 g/l prior to 2011)
Rouge "Premier Cru": 189 g/l (180 g/l prior to 2011)
Maximum Residual Sugar:
Blanc: 3 g/l
Rouge: 2 g/l
Élevage: Wines may not be released until June 30 of the year following the harvest
Minimum Planting Density: 9,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yields (Rendement de Base):
Blanc: 57 hl/ha (45 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Rouge: 50 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Blanc "Premier Cru": 55 hl/ha (45 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Rouge "Premier Cru": 48 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
AOC Established: 1936
Beaune AOC/AOP Document
2011 Updated AOC/AOP Document
Map of Beaune AOC (Official Wines of Burgundy Website)
Premier Cru Vineyards of Beaune (42)
Vineyard
Size*
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Major Producers
Origin of Name
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Les Boucherottes
8.54 ha
Château de Chorey, Louis
Jadot
derived from bouchot, or
bush
Les Vignes Franches
9.77 ha
Château de Chorey
vineyards were mortgage
free, ie, inherited
Clos des Ursules
located within the 9.77 ha,
Les Vignes Franches
Louis Jadot, monopole
Les Chouacheux
5.04 ha
Louis Jadot
Les Epenotes
7.69 ha
Le Clos des Mouches
25.18 ha
Drouhin
archaic French dialect for
"honey fly", in reference to
the bees in the vineyard
Les Montrevenots
8.42 ha
Jean-Marc Boillot
named after tiny village of
the same name
Les Sizies
8.58 ha
Bouchard
named after historic
owner, Renaud de Sesie
Les Aigrots
18.64 ha
Pertuisots
5.27 ha
Domaine des Croix
Clos Saint-Landry
1.98 ha
Bouchard, monopole
Les Avaux
11.52 ha
Louis Jadot, Champy
"vaux" = "valley"
Les Tuvilains
8.94 ha
Bouchard
"tue" = "kill"; the vineyard
was hard to work
Belissand
4.88 ha
Bouchard
in reference to humid or
damp soils
Les Seurey
1.23 ha
Bouchard
Clos de la Mousse
3.37 ha
Bouchard, monopole
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"Chouacheux" derived
from sasseux, meaning
"willow tree"
named after thorny
bushes that grew in the
vineyard
derives from aigre, French
for "sour"
derives from archaic
French word, pertuis, a
"hole"
"mousse" = "moss"; in
reference to damp soils
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4.78 ha
Jean-Marc Bouley
derived from renverse,
French for a downward
slope
Les Teurons
21.04 ha
Château de Chorey,
Bouchard, Louis Jadot
from turno, for slight
elevation or small hill
Clos de Roi
8.41 ha
Camus-Bruchon, Robert
Ampeau
vineyard belonging to the
king
Blanches Fleurs
0.36 ha
"white flowers"; many
orchard trees once in this
vineyard
A l'Ecu
2.65 ha
Ecu was a currency in the
Middle ages
Clos de l'Ecu
2.37 ha
Faiveley, monopole
Les Fèves
4.42 ha
Chanson, monopole
derives from the archaic
French faie, or "beech
tree"
Les Cents Vignes
23.50 ha
Vincent Bitouzet, Château
de Chorey, Louis Jadot
named after a hamlet
Les Marconnets
9.39 ha
Albert Morot, Remoissenet
named after a fountain
En Genêt
4.34 ha
named after a small river
En l'Orme
2.02 ha
"orme" = "elm tree"
Les Perrières
3.20 ha
François Gay
a quarry
Les Bressandes
16.97 ha
Louis Jadot, Albert Morot,
Remoissenet, Henri
Germain
refers to historic owner,
Jean Bressans
Les Toussaints
6.42 ha
Louis Jadot, Remoissenet
"tous" = "every", every
saint, in connection to a
chapel on the property
Les Grèves
31.33 ha
Château de Chorey,
Louis Jadot, Joseph
Drouhin
named after a sandy field
Sur les Grèves
2.90 ha
Les Reversés
Les Sceaux
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Sur les Grèves-Clos
Sainte-Anne
0.73 ha
Aux Cras
5.00 ha
Le Bas des Teurons
6.31 ha
Aux Coucherias
7.70 ha
Louis Jadot, Jean-Claude
Rateau
Clos de la Feguine
1.86 ha
Jacques Prieur, monopole
Montée Rouge
3.75 ha
rouge in reference to color
of soil
La Mignotte
2.40 ha
refers to historic owner,
Mignot
Clos des Avaux
3.70 ha
"vaux" = "valley"
Champs Pimont
16.25 ha
Château de Chorey
derives from craie, or
"chalk"
derives from turno
or "small hill", the bottom
of a small hill
Chanson, Joseph Drouhin,
Bouchard
refers to historic owner,
Pimont
*Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy. Rev. ed. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2008.
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