Named vineyard
Richebourg
Identity card
Grand cruAOPRed
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits › Vosne-Romanée · Recognised on 11 September 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A red grand cru of about 7.5 ha (2009), in Vosne-Romanée only.
- 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, gently inclined, 260 to 290 m up
- Soils: Bajocian marls and soft, frost-split limestone
- Soils: Clayey soils, red with iron oxides, well drained
Wine style
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
14 November 2011
Décret n° 2011-1534 du 14 novembre 2011 relatif à l'AOC « Richebourg » (JORF n°0265 du 16 novembre 2011, page 19227, texte n°53)
Labelling terms
- The name may be followed by the words "grand cru"
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Richebourg »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
- 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 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)
- 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)
Eight hectares north of Romanée-Conti, on the piedmont, between 260 and 290 metres, gently sloping in the hollow created by the Bajocian marl bed. The soils, thin and strongly clayey, still drain well thanks to the limestone beneath; iron oxides give them the slope's characteristic red. It is not a monopoly: the climat is shared between several estates, and its wines pass for the broadest and fleshiest of the Vosne grands crus.
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