Côte de Beaune

Côte de Beaune is an appellation in France, covering 539.4 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.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

539.4 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

4.15 × 3.77 km

Centre

47.0323° N, 4.8179° 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

216–360 m

Mean elevation

266 m

Mean slope

5.8° (10 %)

Steepest tenth

above 13°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 130,983 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)62%
• Unconsolidated sediments38%

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

Communes · 1

• Beaune

Wineries · 1

• Domaine Guyot

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Sources

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