Appellation
Chambolle-Musigny
Identity card
VillageAOPRed
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits · Recognised on 11 September 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- Red only, from the commune of Chambolle-Musigny alone.
- Premier cru: at most 48 hl/ha and at least 11% natural alcohol.
- About 150 ha (2008), 60 ha of them premier cru.
Grape varieties
Red wine onlyPinot Noir
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
50
hl/ha
Maximum yield
10.5
% 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 67 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 12.5 % ABV across 63 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 75 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: At the mouth of a combe, a stony, well-drained fan
- Soils: Lean, limy soils above; clayier ones below
- Soils: In places, free-draining, infertile frost-shattered gravel
Wine style
- Raspberry
- Forest floor
- Violet
- bright ruby colour
- very fine tannins
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Within this appellation
Specification
14 November 2011
Cahier des charges homologué par le décret n° 2011-1545 du 14 novembre 2011, JORF du 17 novembre 2011.
Labelling terms
- "Premier cru" and/or the name of one of 24 listed climats
- A registered lieu-dit may be added, in letters at most half the AOC's size
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 14 novembre 2011) — dont « Montrachet » et « Chambolle-Musigny »— 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)
- Official sourceAPI Découpage administratif — communes (géolocalisation)— Etalab / Direction interministérielle du numérique (DINUM)
On soils thinner and more calcareous than its neighbours', at the mouth of a combe that funnels cool air, Chambolle-Musigny makes the finest and most perfumed reds of the Côte de Nuits. Its two grands crus, Musigny to the south and Bonnes-Mares to the north, frame the premier cru Les Amoureuses, often held to be a grand cru in all but name.
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