"Le Chapitre", "Montrecul" or "Tonnerre": become unbeatable on the "identified" burgundies, also called "regional appellations plus complementary denomination", which are among the most beautiful quality/price ratios in the region. All wine lovers know the Burgundy AOC, which spans more than half of the wine region, in both red and white. At the lowest level of the hierarchy of wines, these wines, often renowned for their freshness and palatability, are also the most affordable in this vineyard.
But the appellation area is vast, and practically all winemakers have at least one "burgundy" in their range. How to find your way around? One of the tricks is to take an interest in the identified burgundies. Although located in the Burgundy appellation, these terroirs benefit from an additional mention, a sign of a well-identified typicity. These identified burgundies are 13 in number: – "Chitry" : whites, reds and rosés produced in this village located between Chablis and Auxerre – "Côte Chalonnaise" : Burgundies of character, close to Mercurey, Givry and Montagny – "Côtes d'Auxerre" : crunchy reds and delicate whites from the Yonne – "Côte d'Or" : one of the most recent mentions. The vines flirt with the prestigious Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits – "Côtes du Couchois" : south of Santenay, tannic reds with a very good keeping potential – "Côte Saint-Jacques" : a very small vineyard in the far north of Burgundy, and one of the favorite playgrounds of Pinot Noir – "Coulanges-la-Vineuse" : This village near Chablis offers sweet reds, very easy to tune – "Epineuil" : always in the Chablisien; there are elegant and fruity reds, too little known – "Hautes Côtes de Beaune" : the vineyard overlooks the Côte de Beaune as its name suggests, offering similar terroirs with a renewed freshness. In red as in white. – "Hautes Côtes de Nuits" : ditto on the heights of the Côte de Nuits – "La Chapelle Notre-Dame" : A rarity of Ladoix Serrigny, in red only – "Le Chapitre" : Just over 5 hectares in the far north of the Côte de Nuits, in Chenove, from where rare Pinots and Chardonnays are born – "Montrecul" or "Montre-Cul" or "En Montre-Cul": among the rare wines of Dijonnais, a vineyard in full renaissance – "Tonnerre" : Chardonnay in its lemon and iodine version, a stone's throw from Chablis https://twitter.com/VinsdeBourgogne/status/1409904831448420354 Some of these wines are rare, such as Burgundy La Chapelle Notre-Dame, which occupies only 2 ha in the town of Ladoix-Serrigny, not far from Beaune. Others, such as burgundy Côte Chalonnaise, are much easier to find in cellars. But all of them have one thing in common: their excellent value for money. Little known and therefore little valued, these mentions nevertheless testify to a particularly qualitative selection within the appellation. Moreover, the additional mention often rhymes with future promotion in the upper echelon of Burgundy wines: the "Villages". This was the case for the reds of Irancy, or more recently the whites of Vézelay.