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Chambertin dates from 630 when Duke Amalgaire gave his elite vineyard to the monks of the abbey of Bèze. Later, in 1219, the abbey of Bèze re Located to northeast of Dijon and ceded this domain to the Cathédrale Saint-Mammès in Langres.

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This wine brings to mind the morello cherry, one of the aromas that it develops. However, the name comes from "Criots", as in Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, a reference to hard limestone soil. The sound "Cr" comes from the same root as "craie" (chalk in French), thus etymology and geology meet for this appellation.

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The Bonnes-Mares appellation achieves a perfect synthesis between imposing stature and fleshy texture.

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This Grand Cru is a close cousin of Chambertin. History did not mention it until 1508. At that time, Latricières was certainly mistaken for their royal neighbor: Chambertin. The etymology is quite mysterious: for some, no doubt poets, the origin is Frankish and means “little wonder”. For others, more realistic and undoubtedly more observant, it is the very nature of the soil that is used to name it: “La Tricière”, which means “poor land”.

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The name originates from the presence of many small houses. Mazy-Chambertin is the northernmost Grand Crus appellation of Gevrey-Chambertin. It is divided into two parts: Mazy-Bas and Mazy-Hauts.

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There formerly was a small oratory chapel a stone's throw from Clos de Bèze. It was built in 1155 and placed under the invocation of Notre–Dame, but it fell into disuse in the 14th century. This weighed heavily on the winegrowers so the chapel was rebuilt and consecrated again on July 4, 1457. The pious assembly gathered around Bishop Philibert de Beaujeu brought the fruits of his labor to paradise.

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The first trace of Échezeaux dates back to the end of the 13th century. The monks of the Abbey of Citeaux, aware of the high quality of this terroir and of its wines, had exchanged plots to own a few parcels of Échezeaux.

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This charming Grand Cru is located on the northernmost part of the Côte in the town of Gevrey–Chambertin. The production areas of the Charmes–Chambertin and Mazoyères–Chambertin appellations are the same, but the Charmes–Chambertin appellation is usually used for wine. The word “Charmes” in ancient Burgundy came from common fields cultivated and found in the fallow land. Thus, in Burgundy, “Charme” means ‘thatch’ or “straw”.

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This clos (walled vineyard) in Morey-Saint-Denis owes its name to the presence of the rock outcrops on the surface. A large rock embankment crosses the Morey-Saint-Denis hillside from side to side. This rock embankment was exploited at an old quarry that once existed not far from this clos at the border of Morey Saint Denis and Gevrey-Chambertin.

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The monks of Cîteaux started developing this Clos with its surrounding dry stone walls in the Middle Ages. It took the monks more than two centuries to complete the Clos as it can be seen today. The Clos boundaries were marked in the 14th century and the surrounding wall finished in the 15th century. Eighty-two owners now share the fifty hectares of this emblematic Burgundy region.

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This small village on the Côte de Nuits can hardly expand because its land is so precious. It barely had room to allow a Sully lime tree of five meters in circumference to grow! This village was formerly a dependency of the abbey of Cîteaux. Chambolle-Musigny has two superb Grands Crus and several renowned Premier Cru.

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This plot would have been first been planted with vines in the year 1000 to be the first in Nuits. In 1023, Humbert de Vergy, archdeacon of Autun, and his sister Élisabeth de Vergy gave these vineyards to the Collegial Chapter of Saint-Denis (founded by him in Vergy the same year).

Would it then have belonged to the very old Brotherhood of Saint George? A brotherhood, from medieval Latin “confratria”, was originally a pious association of lay people who belonged to the same community by nature of ideology and profession. Saint George was a brotherhood of winegrowers whose patron saint was one of the first saints to protect the vineyards of the Côte. Since the year 1000, Saint George has protected the vines of the Saint-Julien chapel which served as the parish church. It has a chapel dedicated to Saint George.

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The two plots of La Croix Blanche are just south of Vosne-Romanée. The road from Dijon to Nuits-Saint-Georges separates them.  To the west there is a crossroad intersection between   La Croix Blanche and two vineyards called Aux Raviolles and Les Jacquines on the path towards the village of Vosne. A white stone cross marks this important old crossroads, thus the name La Croix Blanche.

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These vineyards occuply a large plot on the edge of “La Petite Combe”. The name is derived from Burgundian “Châgne” or the ancient French Chasne “Chêne”. It was therefore a place where oaks grew in great numbers.

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Beaune is the heart of Burgundy and the capital of the wine region. Beaune attracts the eyes of the entire wine world during the annual sale of wines from its Hospices. It receives innumerable visitors to its flamboyant Hôtel-Dieu Museum, as well as the huge and silent cellars of the merchant houses and surrounding wine producing estates. Beaune also has one of the most extensive vineyards in the Côte. Called Pinot Vermeil in the times of the Dukes of Burgundy, this red wine has been renowned since the High Middle Ages for its youthful temperament. The Beaune Appellation (AOC) was established in 1936.

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Morey-Saint-Denis is rich with Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards such as Clos de Tart, Bonnes-Mares, Clos de la Roche, Clos Saint-Denis, and Clos des Lambrays. It forms a very personal transition in Côte de Nuits between the wine of Gevrey-Chambertin and those of Chambolle Musigny. Its history and its wine are marked by the powerful Maison de Vergy, the abbeys of Cîteaux and Tart, and great Burgundian families. In 1855, Dr. Jules Lavalle wrote about Morey-Saint-Denis that "you can say that it lacks nothing".

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Santenay benefits from dual vocations: its thermal waters and wine, which are considered gifts from the water nymph and the god of wine. This terroir is located at the very southern tip of Côte de Beaune. There is a continuity of this terroir to neighboring Rémigny. This wine presents sensitive nuances depending on the hillside.

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This vineyard takes its name from “Le Clos du Roi”, as one of the hereditary vineyards of the Dukes of Burgundy. Thus, for instance the Clos du Roy in Chenôve was originally called "Le Clos du Duc". In Aloxe–Corton and Beaune, there are also two Le Clos du Roi estates that belonged to the Dukes of Burgundy. In Mercurey, Le Clos du Roy first belonged to the Montaigu family.

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This climat is the same its larger neighbor the "Clos des Grands Voyens. Voyen is derived from the word voie, from the Latin word ‘via’ meaning “path” or “road”. An ancient Roman road from Chagny to Cersot passed by Rully and Mercurey near Clos Voyens. It then passed close to Clos des Grands Voyens and the Jamproye climat and descended the hill to pass through the vineyards of Chazeaux. The names of each of these climats are derived from this path.

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These terroirs in the south of the Côte de Nuits are worthy of carrying a Village appellation, the Côte de Nuits-Villages appellation, which was established in 1964. Corgoloin marks the border between the vineyards of the Côte de Nuits and the vineyards of the Côte de Beaune.

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The Maranges vineyard, which is primarily a Pinot Noir red wine area, also has few Chardonnay vines. It forms the link between the Côte d'Or and the Saône-et Loire. It is perfectly consonant with Santenay, with which it shares several esteemed vintages.

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The village of Givry gave its name to one of the five appellations of the Côte Chalonnaise, which extends into Saône-et Loire along the axis of the famous Côte d'Or. The monks of Cluny, and then the Cistercians developed viticulture on this line of hills bordering the eastern facade of the northern Massif Central.

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Rully vineyards stretch for about four kilometers from Chagny where it has a few climats, to the southern limit of the Rully commune where it adjoins the Mercurey vineyards. This area has a remarkable limestone terroir with enough marl and clay for the Chardonnay grape variety to have found its land of choice. The red wines, which are in the minority, are tender and fruity with a beautiful liveliness that underlines their exquisite minerality.

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Santenay is located at the southern of Côte de Beaune on the border with Côte d'Or and Saône-et Loire. Santenay has long had shared ambitions: wine and thermal waters. Today the village devotes itself fully to Bacchus and it has forgotten that it was once called Santenay Les-Bains. Only through the chance designation of department limits during the Revolution was Santenay separated from Maranges. The vineyard, which is crossed by the gentle river Dheune, produces red wines for laying down. They are said to have "the soul of Volnay and the body of Pommard".

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Extending to the south from Rully, the Mercurey vineyard is located on marl Limestone soils from geological formations of the Upper and Middle Jurassic, with a dominant of the latter, which appeals to the Pinot Noir grape variety.

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This parcel as a whole is called Rosey but in the 18th century a small parcel called "Sept Ranches" appeared in the southwest corner near Plantenay. Ranche is a form for the word "ronce " from the Latin ‘RUMEX’ which means "small sorrel, a species of stinger plant". Other variants such as "ronche", "ronde" and "ronze" appear in the place-name history of Burgundy.

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Extending to the south from Rully, the Mercurey vineyard is located on marl Limestone soils from geological formations of the Upper and Middle Jurassic, with a dominant of the latter, which appeals to the Pinot Noir grape variety.

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Burgundy combines the ideal conditions for cultivation of pinot noir. In Burgundy, this grape reflects the tiniest variations of terroir on which it is planted, and thus expresses itself as nowhere else.

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Chanzy Crémant de Bourgogne is an association between Aligoté and Chardonnay grapes with a sparkle of fine bubbles. The lightness of this Crémant will brighten up aperitifs and compliment the delicacies of dinner.

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Corton-Charlemagne lies border between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune at between 280 and 330 meters above sea level. The high ridge Montagne de Corton ridge is rounded on its three winegrowing sides and brings together the villages of Aloxe–Corton and Pernand–Vergelesses.

In 775, Emperor Charlemagne donated this area to the Collegiate Church of St. Andoche

in Saulieu. It retained this heritage for a thousand years! And they still celebrate the Emperor with the flowery beard today; Corton–Charlemagne brings together the Charlemagne and En Charlemagne climats as well as a few neighboring and federated climats under this banner. The Grand Cru appellation dates from July 31, 1937.

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Santenay benefits from dual vocations: its thermal waters and wine, which are considered gifts from the water nymph and the god of wine. This terroir is located at the very southern tip of Côte de Beaune. There is a continuity of this terroir to neighboring Rémigny. This wine presents sensitive nuances depending on the hillside.

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This vineyard takes its name from “Le Clos du Roi”, one of the hereditary vineyards of the Dukes of Burgundy. These royal vineyards include for instance the Clos du Roy in Chenôve, which was originally called "Le Clos du Duc". In Aloxe–Corton and Beaune, there are also two Le Clos du Roi estates that belonged to the Dukes of Burgundy. In Mercurey, Le Clos du Roy first belonged to the Montaigu family.

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The name of climat, Marissou is said to ‘encompass’. On an old map, "Municipality of Rully-Saône-et Loire: Localities in the XIXth Century", this climat is called Marissou or Maria. It is well located between Branges and La Fosse. Could it be the nickname or first name of the woman who owned this place? Male names appear much more often than female names among place names, but they do sometimes appear.

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Extending to the south from Rully, the Mercurey vineyard is located on marl Limestone soils from geological formations of the Upper and Middle Jurassic, with a dominant of the latter, which appeal to the Pinot Noir grape variety.

This surname is common in western France. The first part of this word: “Cara” derives from the name caras/charas or “heap of stones”. The earth here, in fact, is stony and, at the top, a large meurger, or pile of stones that were removed and deposited at the edge of the plot, is still visible.

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Extending to the south from Rully, the Mercurey vineyard is located on marl Limestone soils from geological formations of the Upper and Middle Jurassic, with a dominant of the latter, which appeals to the Pinot Noir grape variety.

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The Mercurey district extends south from Rully. The Mercurey vineyards are located on marl Limestone soils from of Upper and Middle Jurassic geological formations, with a predominance of the latter.

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Rully vineyards stretch for about four kilometers from Chagny, where it has a few climats, to the southern limit of the Rully commune where it adjoins the Mercurey vineyards. This area has a remarkable limestone terroir with enough marl and clay for the Chardonnay grape variety to have found its land of choice.

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This is the regional appellation for the Hautes Côtes vineyard in the Côte d'Or. It was officially created in 1961. The appellation extends over the Côte-d'Or, in the twelve Hautes Côtes communes and on the heights of ten Côte de Beaune communes. In Saône-et Loire, it stretches over four Hautes Côtes municipalities as well as the heights of three Côte de Beaune municipalities.

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The chardonnay vines for this wine are planted at the bottom of the slopes of the famous “Clos de la Fortune”. This Burgundy chardonnay benefits from the atypical terroir of Bouzeron.

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The Bouzeron vineyard is located on either side of a very old valley that is partly exposed to the west, which enchants the Aligoté grape variety.

 “Clos de la Fortune” is among the most famous climats. Its southeast exposure is excellent. The name of this climat should be taken literally! It comes from the Latin fortuna - "fortune, happiness, luck". The wall that is visible above “Clos de la Fortune” is probably the remainder of the wall of the fortified enclosure of the site.

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Bouzeron Les Trois is a blend from three vineyards: "Les Clous", "La Tournelle" and "Les Cordères". The Bouzeron appellation was recognized in 1997 in its own right among the Villages de Bourgogne appellations, thus honoring the grape variety that made its reputation: Aligoté.

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This wine is made from the grape variety which is the pride of the Bouzeron appellation: Aligoté. This Bourgogne Aligoté is a supple and consistent wine with texture chiseled with an alert liveliness.

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This parcel as a whole is called Rosey but in the 18th century a small parcel called "Sept Ranches" appeared in the southwest corner near Plantenay. Ranche is a form for the word "ronce " from the Latin ‘RUMEX’ which means "small sorrel, a species of stinger plant". Other variants such as "ronche", "ronde" and "ronze" appear in the place-name history of Burgundy.