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
|
About
Burgundy :
Wines of Burgundy - Wines
of Beaujolais - Bourgogne
Wine Map - Classification
in Bourgogne / Burgundy - List
of 33 Burgundy Grands Crus - Romanée
Conti - Bourgogne
wine geography - Bourgogne
wine history - Wine
making in Burgundy - Wines
of Burgundy and food - Buy
Bourgogne wines - Burgundy
/ Bourgogne main page
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
Interview
:
Pierre Henry
Gagey, Louis Jadot
French
Wine Regions :
Alsace - Bordeaux - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes
du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West
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