Named vineyard
Les Petits Monts
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 Les Petits Monts", 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)
A shade under four hectares in narrow terraces directly above Richebourg and La Romanée, on the break of slope high on the hillside. The soil is skeletal, lying on fractured limestone that surfaces in places. The wines are fine and spicy, with a rigour that brings them close to the grands crus they overlook.
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