Burgundy
Wine Making
Burgundy
wines are of a velvety and subtle red or of a sensual and characteristic
white. The region produces two of the most popular wines in France:
Beaujolais and Chablis.
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. The main grapes in Burgundy are Pinot Noir for red wine and Chardonnay for white wine.
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Burgundy
wine making information:
| Size of the vineyards: | 25,000 hectares (60,000 acres) 99 wine appellations ! | | Vineyards: | 5,200 wine growers 85% of the vineyards are smaller than 10 hectares (25 acres) | | Soil: | Limestone Clayey-limestone and marl | | Weather: | Continental with cold winter and warm summer | Red Grapes in Burgundy: | Pinot Noir
| White Grapes in Burgundy: | Chardonnay | | Production: | 180 million bottles 65% dry white wine - 35% red wine 3% of French wine production - 6% of quality French wine production | | Type of Wine: | Full-body red wine Medium-body red wine Dry white wine |
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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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