Côte de Nuits · Appellation guide
Vougeot
A tiny village, a vast clos: the 50 walled hectares of the monks of Cîteaux.
- 4Premiers Crus
- 1Grand Cru
- 1936Appellation since
Identity card
- Côte
- Côte de Nuits
- The appellation is created
- Village: 1936 · Clos de Vougeot: 31 July 1937
- Colours and grapes
- Red (Pinot Noir) and white (Chardonnay)
- Area under vine (2022)
- Clos de Vougeot: 49 ha · Vougeot: 16 ha, including 13 ha of Premier Cru
- Premiers Crus
- 4 climats
- Grands Crus
- Clos de Vougeot
- Communes
- Vougeot
- Altitude
- 240 – 280 m
- Exposure
- East
The climats to know
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- Grand Cru
- Premier Cru
- Village
- 1Clos de VougeotGrand Cru
50.6 hectares in a single walled block, shared by more than 80 owners. The top of the Clos, next to Musigny, is the most renowned.
- 2Les Petits VougeotsPremier Cru
Between the Clos and Chambolle’s Les Amoureuses: a fine red.
- 3Le Clos Blanc de VougeotPremier Cru
One of the very few whites of the Côte de Nuits, planted with white grapes since the Middle Ages.
- 4Les CrasPremier Cru
A stony soil (the “cras”) north of the village, in red and white.
The 4 Premiers Crus of Vougeot
Official BIVB list. The number refers to the marker on the map; the star marks our cuvées.
- Clos de la Perrière
- Le Clos Blanc
- Les Cras
- Les Petits Vougeots
The terroir
The Clos slopes gently from 255 to 240 m. At the top, 40 cm of gravelly soil over limestone; in the middle, a browner, more clayey soil; at the bottom, nearly a metre of soil over marl. Hence different wines depending on the spot, and on the producer: the Clos has more than 80 owners.
- Altitude240 – 280 m
- ExposureEast
- CommunesVougeot
A little history
The monks of Cîteaux founded the Clos around 1110 and kept it until the Revolution. Its walls have enclosed it for five centuries; the Renaissance château and its medieval presses host the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin. The village takes its name from the Vouge, the little river that runs through it.
- c. 1110The monks of Cîteaux found the Clos
- 1789The Clos is sold as national property
- 1937The Clos de Vougeot becomes a Grand Cru
In the glass
Clos de Vougeot: deep colour, faded rose, violet, black fruit, then undergrowth and truffle; a fleshy, long wine for great ageing. The whites of Vougeot, rare in the Côte de Nuits, are fine and floral.
Game, beef in sauce, coq au vin; poultry in cream sauce with the white.
Our pairing guideSources: official appellation sheet from the BIVB ↗ (area under vine, 2022) and BIVB climat maps; schematic map, indicative positions.