Cartography · Terroir · Burgundy
Real commune boundaries for all nine appellations — drawn from OpenStreetMap geodata. Hover any village to explore. Click to zoom in.
All nine village appellations along the 20 km limestone escarpment. Hover any commune for detail — click to switch to that village's map.
Commune boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Wine classification: BIVB / INAO.
The northernmost appellation — gateway to the Côte, known for its rosé AOC and proposed Premier Cru reclassification.
Six Premier Crus on Bajocian limestone — consistently undervalued, delivering structured Pinot with iron-laced character at honest prices.
Nine Grand Crus including Chambertin — the most powerful, iron-charged appellation on the Côte, built on Bathonian and Bajocian limestone.
Five Grand Crus in 1.5 km — Clos de Tart and Clos des Lambrays both monopoles. Persistently underpriced relative to its neighbours.
Musigny and Bonnes-Mares on chalk-rich Oxfordian marl — the most ethereal, perfumed wines on the Côte. Les Amoureuses commands Grand Cru prices.
Clos de Vougeot — 50 ha, 80+ owners, and the most variance in quality of any Grand Cru in Burgundy. The château was built by Cistercian monks in the 12th century.
Two Grand Crus but no village AOC name — all non-GC wines sell as Vosne-Romanée. Grands Échézeaux is one of the most undervalued GCs on the slope.
The most sacred ground in wine — Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, La Romanée, La Grande Rue. Six Grand Crus. No equal.
No Grand Crus but 41 Premier Crus across two communes — the commercial capital of the Côte, with a diversity of styles unmatched anywhere on the slope.