Echezeaux

Echezeaux is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 38.8 ha in Flagey-Echezeaux. The rules allow red wine, based on Pinot Noir. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.7 km north of Nuits-Saint-Georges and 17 km south-west of Dijon.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

38.8 ha

Separate plots

11

Extent N–S × E–W

0.92 × 0.88 km

Centre

47.1702° N, 4.9497° E

Grapes

Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir

Max yield

49 hl/ha

Min planting density

9,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town

3.7 km north of Nuits-Saint-Georges

Nearest city

17 km south-west of Dijon 159,941 people

To the sea

400 km

Same latitude

Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

250–314 m

Mean elevation

270 m

Mean slope

4.1° (7 %)

Steepest tenth

above 8°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 37,488 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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)52%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks32%
• Unconsolidated sediments17%

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

Communes · 1

• Flagey-Echezeaux

Neighbours

• Chambolle-Musigny premier cru La Combe d'Orveau
• Clos de Vougeot
• Grands-Echezeaux
• Musigny
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru En Orveaux
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Beaux Monts
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Rouges
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Suchots

Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)