![]() ![]() Volnayįor many, Volnay makes the finest reds of the Côte de Beaune. Immediately to the south of and around the village, there is the greatest accumulation of clay with iron, giving a firmness to the wines, while further south on the border with Volnay the wines are at their most aromatic and among the finest. To the north of the village, the wines are strongly influenced by the eroded soils washed down from the hills, and the wines are deep and textured. This indicates potential longevity and Pommard does have the capacity to be the longest-lived of all the reds south of Beaune. The wines of Pommard are most easily identified by their sturdy tannins. These are easy and open-textured with attractive stone-fruit notes. Increasing amounts of white are made, mostly in the south of the appellation, towards Pommard. But the main attraction for Beaune’s reds is the pleasure principle: fruity, red-berry-scented wines, soft in tannin, easy in acidity. The best land is in the middle of the appellation and the slope, and wines from those vineyards can be well-structured and age-worthy. Three-quarters of Beaune’s vineyards are classified as Premier Cru (there are no Grands Crus) but, if truth be told, not all are worthy of the grade. But the jewels are the Grand Cru vineyards that encircle this distinctive Burgundian landmark. ![]() Pernand has some tasty, lemony whites and a few reds that can be quite light, and the best of Ladoix produce its spicy, quite exotic whites. At village and Premier Cru level, good value and quite serious reds can be found in Aloxe. These three villages are included at the top table because of their shared ownership of the Grands Crus on the Hill of Corton: Corton itself (usually with a vineyard name appended) with its hearty, substantial reds, and Corton-Charlemagne for intense, stony whites. Region, running through the villages of the Côte de BeauneĪloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses & Ladoix-Serrigny To Burgundy, our Wine Director Mark Pardoe MW continues south through the ![]()
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