La Cote d’Or

-- made famous by Napoléon himself

Napoleon’s Favorite Wine

9 Grands Crus, most in a Côte d’Or village

26 Premiers Crus

Largest village AOC in the Côte de Nuits

110 Growers, plus many “outsiders”

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LEGEND

Ruchottes

Mazis

Clos de BezeChambertin

ChapelleGriottesMazoyères

Latricières

Charmes

Grands Crus: 211.3 acres 35,222 cases

Premiers Crus: 199 acres 37,333 cases

Village: 812 acres 159,667 cases

TOTALS: 1222.3 acres 232,222 cases

Cote de Nuits’ most delicate wine.

Average yields are some of the Cote d’Or’s lowest.

Very dif ferent soil geology from Gevrey and Morey.

Village name derived from “boiling fields” (campus ebulliens).

Cistercians arrive in 1110 and remain until the Revolution.

“Musigny” added to the town name in 1878.

In 1960, became a “sister town” to Sonoma, CA

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2 Grands Crus(red): 64.2 ac; 8,746 cs “ “ (white): 1.4 ac; 266 cs

24 Premiers Crus(red): 138.9 ac; 24,200 cs

Village (red): 237.1 ac; 44,000 cs

TOTAL: 441.6 ac 77,212 cs

Chambolle MusignyMorey St Denis

Les Baudes, Les Sentiers

Les Fuées

Bonnes Mares

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Largest Grand Cru in the Cote de Nuits (123.2 acres).

Largest “clos” in the Cote d’Or.

100 parcels divided among 80+ owners.

Good examples tend to be lusher and spicier than Chambertin and La Tache, but with less intensity and definition.

Top of the slope, bordering Musigny and Echezeaux, is best. Soil is pebbly, oolitic limestone of Bathonian origin, and is well-drained.

Mid-slope, the soil becomes Bajocian limestone with pebbles and clay. Drainage is good.

Lower slope, the soil is more alluvial, deeper, and drains less well.

Burgundy

Clos de Vougeot

Vosne-Romanee

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La Tache, Romanee Conti,Romanée St Vivant

Vosne Malconsorts

Nuits Boudots

Richebourg

A Blue Ribbon Recipe

Ingredients: white oolite calcaire a entroques thicken with ostrea acuminata and shake sof tly, cover with a 4 f t top soil and pebble layer place on a gently sloping, east facing incline with fractured base rock of premeaux l imestone

“The quality potential of wine is in the

vineyard…..man can diminish or equal this

quality in the cellar, but not augment it.”

Monks establish “Clos Saint-Georges” as their signature vineyard in AD 1023.

In 1698, Louis XIV regains health after drinking “Nuits” wine prescribed by his doctor, Dr. Guy Fagon.

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Middle Nuits (16 Premiers Crus):

The best “terroir” of the village

Most notably - Les Saint-Georges, Les Cailles, Les Poirets, Les Vaucrain, Les Pruliers

Wine style is rich, robust, and sturdy, with a minerality and a gamey hint, but “the charms of leather and denin can also be alluring.”

41 Premiers Crus: 349.8 ac 61,378 cs

Village: 388.8 ac 77,255 cs

Totals: 738.6 ac 138,633 cs