The cote d’or vineyards extend over a total of 9,445 hectares. The main grape varieties grown there are pinot noir for red wines, chardonnay for whites and aligote for white bourgogne aligote. The various vineyards are:
cote de nuits, famous vineyards located on a narrow strip of land going from dijon to corgoloin, renowned for its red vintage wines such as chambertin, clos de vougeot, romanee-conti, musigny and many more. The famous clos de vougeot castle (12th and 16th centuries), built by citeaux monks, is home to the brotherhood of the tastevin knights. In chenove, two screw wine presses of the dukes of burgundy can be visited.
Cote de beaune, renowned vineyards located between ladoix-serrigny and maranges hillside, produces red wines such as pommard, volnay, aloxe-corton and white wines, such as corton, meursault and montrachet. In beaune, a wine museum explains the history of the vineyards and their wines. Chatillonnais, auxois and flavigny.
The cote-d’or really are exceptional vineyards
