Appellation
Beaune
Identity card
VillageAOPRedWhite
Burgundy › Côte de Beaune · Recognised on 11 September 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- About 410 ha (2008); 85% of the output is red.
- Red and white, from the commune of Beaune alone.
- Red premier cru: at most 48 hl/ha and at least 11% natural alcohol.
Grape varieties
White
Accessory varieties: Pinot Gris (10% at most of the holding's vines)
Pinot Gris · 30% at most of the blend
Red
Allowed as a small share of the red wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris (15% at most of the vines in each plot)
Only interplanted among the vines
Production rules
9,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
Minimum ageing: At least until 15 June after the harvest
- Minimum planting density
- The fewest vines allowed per hectare. For the same yield, more vines means fewer grapes on each. For reference: 4,000 vines/ha to 9,000 vines/ha across 136 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum ageing
- A minimum ageing period the specification requires before the wine may be sold to consumers.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: East to south-east slope cut by a dry valley, 225 to 340 m
- Soils: Jurassic limestone on the slope, outwash on the piedmont
- Soils: Lean soils above, deeper and clayier below
Wine style
- Red
- some power
- balanced tannins
- animal notes
- red fruit
- White
- lively
- fleshy
- well balanced
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
2 December 2011
Décret n° 2011-1751 du 2 décembre 2011 relatif à l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Beaune » (JORF n°0282 du 6 décembre 2011, page 20593, texte n° 28). Aucun arrêté de refonte plus récent identifié lors d'une recherche ciblée du 2026-09-28.
Labelling terms
- "Premier cru" and/or the name of one of 42 listed climats
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceDécret n° 2011-1751 du 2 décembre 2011 relatif à l'AOC « Beaune »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 2 décembre 2011) — dont « Beaune » et « Chassagne-Montrachet »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Trade bodyVins de Bourgogne — site officiel du Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
An appellation that lends its name to the whole sub-region without being its viticultural summit: Beaune is first of all the historic capital of the Burgundy wine trade, home to the Hôtel-Dieu founded in 1443 and to the Hospices de Beaune sale. The appellation, confined to the commune of Beaune, has no grand cru; its specification classifies 42 climats as premier cru. About 410 hectares in 2008, with 85% of the output red.
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