Summary

Tiny Côte de Nuits appellation for both red and white wine. The fame of the Grand cru Clos de Vougeot is historical; being praised by the Cistercian monks who planted and enclosed what has become the largest Grand Cru vineyard site in the Côte d’Or. Today the cru is heavily fragmented due to the Napoleonic inheritance code, and too many wines can be argued as below standard. Classic red wine expressions are robust, requiring a decade or more in the bottle to open into one of the most integrated wines of the Côte de Nuits.

Important Varietals

• Chardonnay
• Pinot Noir