Named vineyard
Romanée-Saint-Vivant
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 9.4 ha, in Vosne-Romanée only.
- Former clos of the Saint-Vivant monastery, which kept them until 1789.
- 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 shelf above the village, 247-260 m
- Soils: Crinoidal limestone; to the east, blocks in pink marl
- Soils: Clayey soils, red with iron oxides, well drained
Wine style
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
24 October 2011
Décret n° 2011-1349 du 24 octobre 2011 relatif à l'AOC « Romanée-Saint-Vivant » (JORF n°0249 du 26 octobre 2011, page 18104, texte n°60)
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 « Romanée-Saint-Vivant »— 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)
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 24 octobre 2011, premier lot) — dont « Aloxe-Corton »— Ministère de l'agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire — Bulletin officiel (BO-AGRI)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- 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)
Nine and a half hectares on the slight shelf overlooking the village, between 247 and 260 metres: the lowest and deepest-soiled of the Vosne grands crus. The bedrock is Bajocian crinoidal limestone and, towards the east, a Tertiary conglomerate of limestone blocks set in salmon-pink marl. The name comes from the abbey of Saint-Vivant de Vergy, founded around 890, which owned vines and a press house here.
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