terroir: the soul of la côte d’or, côte de beaune

La Cote d’Or

Côte de Beaune 18 miles long Production:

1.9 million cases 71% Pinot Noir 29% Chardonnay

Origin of the world’s most famous Chardonnay wines

Includes seven of the nine white Grands Crus

Welcome to Beaune

Wine nerve center of Burgundy, population 22,000, a walled fortress town.

Cote d’Or’s third largest wine commune, after Gevrey-Chambertin and Meursault.

42 Premiers Crus, no Grands Crus.

Home of the Hospices de Beaune.

Soil variation on the Beaune slope is not extreme and exposures are similar.

Wine styles vary in a much narrower vein.

A broad definition of Beaune wine style would be plump, succulent, fruity, with a rich grapey quality.

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Vineyards: (Reds) 897 ac, incl 694 ac 1er Crus

(Whites) 121 ac, incl 89 ac 1er Crus

Wines: (Reds) 150,444 cs, incl 114,689 cs 1er Crus (Whites) 26,333 cs, incl 19,555 cs 1er

NOTE: 76% is Premier Cru, 15 % is white wine.

Beaune Couchereaux, Ursules, Boucherottes

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KEY Village

Derrière St.-Jean

En Moigelot

28 Premiers Crus, only red wines produced.

Ranks 3d in red wine production among the vi l lages of the Côte de Beaune .

Vineyard has a high % of active l imestone interacting with its clays. Electro-magnetic proper ties of the clays are similar to those of the Côte de Nuits.

Vines: 795 ac, incl 301 ac Premiers Crus

Wines: 142,889 cs, incl 49,778 cs 1er Crus

No Grands Crus.

Red wines only.

The Volnay slope is steeper, more rocky, and the soil is redder in color. Lower down, in Rugiens Bas, the subsoil is Argovian limestone, covered with a thick band of marly, calcareous debris.

Further down, the marl is mixed with an iron-rich oolite, becoming more clayey.

Pommard Rugiens, Pommard Commaraine

Knights of Malta own vineyards in AD 1207.

Philip the Bold owns Caillerets and drank Volnay wine at his coronation in AD 1328.

Louis XI siphons entire 1447 vintage into his personal cellar.

Louis XIV (the Sun King) records himself as “amateur of Volnay”.

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Volnay Clos de la Barre

Volnay Clos des Chênes

Vines: 511 ac, incl 291 ac of 29 Premiers Crus

Wines: 97,444 cs, incl 54,722 cs of 1er Crus

Vintage 2006 Vintage 2006

18 miles long

Production:

2 million cases57% Red Wine43% White

Wine

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La Jaquelotte ou Champ Canet

Puligny-Montrachet: Four Grands Crus Whites

Burgundy

Major districts: Côte de Beaune, continued

Le Montrachet

Vines:

Whites - 511.3 ac, incl 239.6 ac 1er Crus

Red - 3.1 ac, incl 0.67 ac 1er Crus

Wines:

White - 122,389 cs, incl 54,333 cs 1er Crus

Red - 1144 cs, incl 411 cs 1er Crus

Puligy Folatières, Clos de la Garenne, Combettes, Referts

Burgundy

Fermentation Room Maison Louis Jadot

Jacques LARDIERE, Jacques LARDIERE, Former Technical Director, Maison Louis JadotFormer Technical Director, Maison Louis Jadot