Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune

Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune is a named sub-zone of Bourgogne in France, covering 3,208.7 ha across 29 communes. That is 7.9% of the Bourgogne appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Bourgogne

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

3,208.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

32.44 × 21.3 km

Centre

46.8908° N, 4.6486° E

Where it is

Nearest town

8.1 km west of Chagny

Nearest city

20 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

368 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

220–567 m

Mean elevation

372 m

Measured over the whole outline on 13,414 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)88%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks12%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 29

• Auxey-Duresses
• Baubigny
• Beaune
• Bouze-Les-Beaune
• Change
• Cheilly-Les-Maranges
• Cormot-Vauchignon
• Creot
• Dezize-Les-Maranges
• Echevronne
• Epertully
• Fussey
• La Rochepot
• Magny-Les-Villers
• Mavilly-Mandelot
• Meloisey
• Messanges
• Meursault
• Monthelie
• Nantoux
• Nolay
• Paris-L'Hopital
• Pernand-Vergelesses
• Pommard
• Saint-Aubin
• Saint-Romain
• Sampigny-Les-Maranges
• Savigny-Les-Beaune
• Volnay

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)