Named vineyard
Bonnes-Mares
Identity card
Grand cruAOPRed
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits › Chambolle-Musigny · Recognised on 8 December 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A red grand cru of about 16 ha (2008), in Chambolle-Musigny and Morey.
- At most 42 hl/ha and at least 11.5% natural alcohol.
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
42
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 68 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 64 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 76 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 the slope, on a slight shelf
- Soils: Hard Bajocian limestone topped by marl
- Soils: Thin red clays and silts, well drained
Wine style
- Cherry
- Blackberry
- Violet
- powerful and opulent
- fine tannic frame
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
28 November 2011
Cahier des charges homologué par le décret n° 2011-1685 du 28 novembre 2011, JORF du 30 novembre 2011. Appellation initialement reconnue par le décret du 8 décembre 1936.
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 28 novembre 2011) — dont « Bonnes-Mares », « Charlemagne » et « Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Trade bodyFiches d'appellation des vins de Bourgogne (surfaces et récoltes)— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
A red grand cru split between two communes, Chambolle-Musigny and Morey-Saint-Denis, on the piedmont shelf of the Côte. A marl bed crosses its plots from north to south and gives them, beneath shallow but clayey soils rich in iron oxides, a sparing water regime that sheds excess without leaving the vine to suffer. About 16 hectares in 2008; Jullien already placed it in the first class in 1816.
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