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Burgundy
 
 
 

Bourgogne MapA few of the most exciting wines in the world come from Burgundy.

The Burgundy region begins a hundred kilometers south from Paris and spreads itself down to Lyon. It stretches on 360 kilometers (225 miles).

Burgundy is a region with various soils, divided in numerous districts: Chablis, Côte d'Or (divided in Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune), Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais and Beaujolais.

Burgundy wines are of a velvety and subtle red or of a sensual and characteristic white.

 
 

The most basic information on the wine of Burgundy are:
 

Location: South of Paris, between Dijon and Lyon, the Burgundy wine region stretches on 360 Kilometers (225 miles)
Bourgogne region information
Size: 31 500 km2 (size of the Burgundy region)
Size of the vineyards: 25,000 hectares (60,000 acres)
99 wine appellations !
Grapes in Burgundy:

Red wine: Pinot Noir

White wine: Chardonnay

Production: 180 million bottles
Burgundy wine making
Type of Wine:

Full-body red wine (Pommard, Corton)
Medium-body red wine (Beaune)
Dry white wine (Chablis, Chassagne Montrachet)

Burgundy Wine and food:

Red:
Game
Red Meat

White:
Grilled fish
Oysters
Burgundy wine and food


About Burgundy : Wines of Burgundy
- Wines of Beaujolais - Bourgogne Wine Map - Classification in Bourgogne / Burgundy - List of 33 Burgundy Grands Crus - Romanée Conti - Bourgogne wine geography - Bourgogne wine history - Wine making in Burgundy - Wines of Burgundy and food - Buy Bourgogne wines - Burgundy / Bourgogne main page

Wines from Burgundy: Bourgogne aoc - Bourgogne Aligoté - Chablis - Côte de Nuits - Gevrey Chambertin - Clos Vougeot - Vosne Romanée - Nuits Saint Georges - Côte de Beaune - Corton - Pommard - Volnay - Meursault - Chassagne Montrachet - Mercurey - Macon - Givry - Pouilly Fuissé - Rully - all Burgundy wines

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French Wine Regions: Alsace - Bordeaux - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire Valley - Provence - South West

 

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