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Burgundy
Some of the most exciting wines in the world come from Burgundy.
The Burgundy region begins a hundred kilometres south of Paris and extends down to Lyon. The region has a variety of soils, divided into a number of districts: Chablis, Côte d'Or (divided in Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune), Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais and Beaujolais. Red wines are velvety and subtle while the whites are “sensual”.
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Location: |
South of Paris, between Dijon and Lyon, the Burgundy wine region stretches on 360 km |
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Size: |
31 500 km2 |
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Size of the vineyards: |
25,000 ha
99 wine appellations |
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Grapes in Burgundy: |
Red wine: Pinot Noir
White wine: Chardonnay |
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Production: |
180 million bottles |
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Type of Wine: |
Full-body red wine (Pommard, Corton)
Medium-body red wine (Beaune)
Dry white wine (Chablis, Chassagne Montrachet) |
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Burgundy wine and food: |
Red: game and red meat
White: grilled fish and oysters |
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Territories composed of small crops called "climats" make up the appellations. This is how we get the appellations Beaune, Chablis, Nuits, Meursault, Pouilly-Fuissé. Everywhere in Burgundy the varieties used are strictly ruled.
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