Appellation
Vougeot
Identity card
VillageAOPRedWhite
Burgundy › Côte de Nuits · Recognised on 8 December 1936
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- Red and white, from the commune of Vougeot alone.
- Red premier cru: at most 48 hl/ha and at least 11% natural alcohol.
- About 16 ha (2008), 12 ha of them premier cru.
Grape varieties
Red
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
9,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
Minimum ageing: At least until 15 June after the harvest
- 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 136 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, 240 to 265 m, by the source of the Vouge
- Soils: Comblanchien limestone outcrops at the foot, once quarried
- Soils: Stony on limestone; clayier and deeper at the foot
Wine style
- Red
- Forest floor
- Violet
- deep red
- powerful, velvety tannins
- small red fruit
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Within this appellation
Specification
4 November 2011
Cahier des charges homologué par le décret n° 2011-1456 du 4 novembre 2011, JORF du 8 novembre 2011. Appellation initialement reconnue par le décret du 8 décembre 1936.
Labelling terms
- "Premier cru" and/or the name of one of 4 listed climats
- A registered lieu-dit may be added, in letters at most half the AOC's size
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahiers des charges d'AOC publiés au BO-AGRI (décrets du 4 novembre 2011) — dont « Latricières-Chambertin », « Clos de la Roche » et « Vougeot »— 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)
A tiny village appellation almost entirely swallowed by the Clos de Vougeot, a grand cru of some fifty hectares that the monks of Cîteaux began walling in from the twelfth century. The château du Clos de Vougeot, now the seat of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, is its emblem.
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