Appellation
Gevrey-Chambertin
Identity card
VillageAOPRed
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits · Recognised on 11 September 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- Red only, from the communes of Gevrey-Chambertin and Brochon.
- Premier cru: at most 48 hl/ha and at least 11% natural alcohol.
- Nine grands crus, each a separate appellation, lie within the commune.
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: Slope cut by the Combe Lavaux, opening onto an alluvial fan
- Soils: Middle Jurassic limestones and marls
- Soils: Thin, calcareous soils on the slope; gravelly on the fan
Wine style
- ruby colour
- small berries
- powerful
- dense, velvety tannins
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
25 October 2011
Labelling terms
- "Premier cru" and/or the name of one of 26 listed climats
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets des 24 et 25 octobre 2011, second lot) — dont « Corton-Charlemagne », « Clos des Lambrays » et « Gevrey-Chambertin »— 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)
The largest of the Côte de Nuits village appellations, Gevrey-Chambertin lines up nine grands crus around Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, on a marly shelf at mid-slope extended to the north by the combe de Lavaux. Its wines pass for the most powerful and the most firmly built of the Côte.
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