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BURGUNDY<br />
APPELLATION<br />
A RAINBOW OVER THE MOUNTAIN NEAR DOMAINE GARAUDET<br />
In Burgundy, wines are named after the location where their grapes are grown. The more<br />
extensive the area, the broader the typicity of the wines. The smaller the area, the more<br />
the style is precise and unique, which often makes these the most sought-after wines.<br />
UNDERSTANDING BURGUNDY’S ‘PYRAMID’<br />
Usually, appellations are classified using a pyramid system. At the bottom is the entire<br />
wine region, the Bourgogne appellation, which is thus the regional level. At the top are<br />
the Grands Crus, the most expensive labels. Generally speaking, they are named after<br />
the relevant vineyard block, such as Clos de Vougeot. Lastly, in the middle, are the Village<br />
appellations. This is the most common geographic scale and matches the way farms used<br />
to work, based on the radius covered by man and horse. Some appellations have been used<br />
for a long time and are prestigious, such as Volnay and Nuits-Saint-Georges. Others,<br />
which were subsumed into an intermediary level between regional and village, have ‘won<br />
their independence’ after research to establish their individual typicity – Ladoix is a case<br />
in point.<br />
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ‘VILLAGE’<br />
Within the village appellation, two types of winemaking strategies can be used. Either<br />
wines made from grapes grown in several of the village’s vineyards are blended, in which<br />
case the wine is simply named after the village, as with Chablis. These are occasionally<br />
SUMMER 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE <strong>FR</strong>ENCH EXPERTS ON WINE<br />
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