Burgundy

About

A few of the most exciting wines in the world come from Burgundy. The Burgundy region begins a hundred kilometers south from Paris and spreads itself down to Lyon. It stretches on 360 kilometers (225 miles). Burgundy is a region with various soils, divided in numerous districts: Chablis, Côte d’Or (divided in Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune), Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais and Beaujolais. Burgundy wines are of a velvety and subtle red or of a sensual and characteristic white.

Climate

Continental with cold winter and warm summer

Soil

Limestone Clayey-limestone and marl

Grapes

Chardonnay (48%), Pinot Noir (34%), Gamay (10%) and Aligote (6%)

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