Romanée-Conti

Romanée-Conti is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 1.8 ha in Vosne-Romanee. The rules allow red wine, based on Pinot Noir. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.7 km north of Nuits-Saint-Georges and 18 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

1.8 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

0.15 × 0.18 km

Centre

47.1615° N, 4.9500° 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

2.7 km north of Nuits-Saint-Georges

Nearest city

18 km south-west of Dijon 159,941 people

To the sea

399 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

261–272 m

Mean elevation

265 m

Mean slope

3.7° (6 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 1,751 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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks60%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)40%

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

Communes · 1

• Vosne-Romanee

Neighbours

• La Grande Rue
• Richebourg
• Romanée-Saint-Vivant

Sources

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