Burgundy’s vineyards are classified into 4 categories. They start with wide regional areas, move up to smaller municipalities, then to specific premier cru and Grand Cru vineyards.
The Appellations Régionales (Regional Appellations) are the most generic, show a wide general region like ‘Bourgogne AOC’ on the wine’s label, and represent 54.5% of the region’s wine. The Appellations Communales (Municipal Appellations) are from more specific areas or municipalities, and represent about 34% of the region’s production. On those labels you have the name of the village; Pommard, Volnay, or Nuit St Georges for example.
The Premier Crus (First Growths) show the name of the municipality on the label plus the name of a specific premier cru vineyard. They represent about 10% of Burgundy’s wine. The Appellations Grands Crus show only the name of the grand cru vineyard on the label, and represent just 1.5% of Burgundy’s wine production.
Burgundy has 32 Grand Crus in the Côte d’Or and 1 in Chablis (in 7 different vineyards).
| CÔTE D’OR | |
| Municipality | Grand Cru |
| Côte de Nuits (all red except Le Musigny, which has some white too) | |
| Gevrey-Chambertin | Mazis-Chambertin |
| Ruchottes-Chambertin | |
| Chambertin Cols-de-Bèze | |
| Chapelle-Chambertin | |
| Griotte-Chambertin | |
| Charmes-Chambertin | |
| Le Chambertin | |
| Latricières-Chambertin | |
| Mazoyères-Chambertin | |
| Morey-Saint-Denis | Clos de la Roche |
| Clos Saint-Denis | |
| Clos des Lambrays | |
| Clos de Tart | |
| Bonnes Mares (part) | |
| Chambolle-Musigny | Bonnes Mares (part) |
| Le Musigny | |
| Vougeot | Clos de Vougeot |
| Flagey-Echezeaux | Grands-Echezeaux |
| Echezeaux | |
| Vosne-Romanée | Richebourg |
| Romanée-Saint-Vivant | |
| Romanée-Conti | |
| La Romanée | |
| La Grande Rue | |
| La Tâche | |
| Côte de Beaune (all white, except Aloxe-Corton, which is mostly red) | |
| Ladoix-Serrigny | Corton (part) |
| Corton-Charlemagne (part) | |
| Pernand-Vergelesses | Charlemagne (part) |
| Aloxe-Corton | Corton (part) |
| Corton Charlemagne (part) | |
| Charlemagne (part) | |
| Puligny-Montrachet | Chevalier-Montrachet |
| Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet | |
| Le Montrachet (part) | |
| Bâtard-Montrachet (part) | |
| Chassagne-Montrachet | Le Montrachet (part) |
| Bâtard-Montrachet (part) | |
| Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet | |
| CHABLIS | |
| Chablis Grand Cru Vineyards | |
| Les Bourgos | |
| Preuses | |
| Vaudésir | |
| Grenouilles | |
| Valmur | |
| Les Clos | |
| Blanchot |
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