Named vineyard
Bâtard-Montrachet
Identity card
Grand cruAOPWhite
Burgundy › Côte de Beaune › Puligny-Montrachet · Recognised on 31 July 1937
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A white grand cru of about 11 ha (2008), in Puligny and Chassagne.
- At most 48 hl/ha and at least 11.5% natural alcohol.
- Recognised in 1937; its plot boundaries only took effect in 1939.
Grape varieties
White wine onlyChardonnay
Made from Chardonnay alone
Production rules
48
hl/ha
Maximum yield
11.5
% ABV
Minimum natural alcohol
9,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
Minimum ageing: At least until 15 June after the harvest
- Maximum yield
- How much wine a hectare may produce under the appellation (a higher, exceptional ceiling often exists). The lower it is, the less can be made: one of the levers on how concentrated the grapes are. For reference: 35 hl/ha to 80 hl/ha across 97 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- Minimum natural alcohol
- The alcohol the grapes' own sugar must be able to give, without enrichment: a ripeness threshold at harvest. For reference: 9 % ABV to 14 % ABV across 47 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
- 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 106 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: Foot of an east-south-east slope, about 250 m
- Soils: Clayey colluvium over platy limestone
- Soils: A thin clay layer, as the stone cairns show
Wine style
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
30 November 2011
Cahier des charges homologué par le décret n° 2011-1724 du 30 novembre 2011, JORF du 3 décembre 2011. Appellation initialement reconnue par le décret du 31 juillet 1937.
Labelling terms
- The name may be followed by the words "grand cru"
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 30 novembre 2011) — dont « Bâtard-Montrachet »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Other sourceMontrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet et Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet— Wikipedia (anglais), recoupé avec Oxford Companion to Wine
A white grand cru shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, on the lower part of the east-south-east facing slope, around 250 metres. Its bedrock of slabby Callovian limestone is hidden under an uneven build-up of clayey colluvium fairly poor in limestone stones; the murgers, sparse here, show how thin that layer is. About 11 hectares in 2008. Its minimum sugar requirement, 187 grams per litre, sits below the one Montrachet must meet.
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