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Beaune

Appellation

Beaune is an appellation in France, covering 473.7 ha in Beaune. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Beaune and 35 km south-west of Dijon.

Wine capital of Burgundy and home of the Hospices de Beaune auction. A large number of premiers crus, many owned by the old négociant houses.
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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
473.7 ha
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
3.99 × 3.76 km
Centre
47.0312° N, 4.8177° E
Grapes
Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Max yield
64 hl/ha
Min planting density
9,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Beaune
Nearest city
35 km south-west of Dijon 159,941 people
To the sea
384 km
Same latitude
Vin du Québec (Canada), Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
216–355 m
Mean elevation
256 m
Mean slope
5.5° (10 %)
Steepest tenth
above 12°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 114,905 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Beaune Red
Pinot Noir
max 58 hl/ha · min 9,000 vines/ha
Beaune Premier Cru Red
Pinot Noir
max 56 hl/ha · min 9,000 vines/ha
Beaune White
ChardonnayPinot Blanc
max 64 hl/ha · min 9,000 vines/ha
Beaune Premier Cru White
ChardonnayPinot Blanc
max 62 hl/ha · min 9,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

505
306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

405
406
407
408
309
510
311
412
313
514
415
316
517
418
419
520
321
422
423
324

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

Inside Beaune · 43

Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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