Named vineyard
La Croix Rameau
Identity card
Premier cruComplementary geographical denominationRed
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits › Vosne-Romanée
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A Vosne-Romanée premier cru: at most 48 hl/ha, at least 11% 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
48
hl/ha
Maximum yield
11
% 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.
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
24 December 2024
Arrêté du 24 décembre 2024 homologuant le cahier des charges de l'AOC « Vosne-Romanée » (JORF n°0001 du 1er janvier 2025, texte n°69 ; BO-AGRI n°13 du 27 mars 2025)
Labelling terms
- "Vosne-Romanée La Croix Rameau", with or without "premier cru"
- The climat's name, in letters no larger than the AOC's
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Vosne-Romanée »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'AOC « Vosne-Romanée » homologué par l'arrêté du 24 décembre 2024— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Official sourceDélimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles de l'INAO (jeu de données ouvert)— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / data.gouv.fr
- Trade bodyFiches d'appellation des vins de Bourgogne (surfaces et récoltes)— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
Sixty ares and no more, immediately below Romanée-Saint-Vivant, on the shelf overlooking the village — the smallest of the appellation's fourteen classified climats. The soils are those of the lower slope, clayier and a little deeper, over crinoidal limestone. Volumes are so small that the name rarely appears on a label.
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