| Category | Regional/Generic appellation since 04/08/1961 |
| Commune(s) of production | Vineyards predominantly from 350-500 metres of altitude in the Côte d’Or & Saône-et-Loire: Côte d’Or: Auxey-Duresses (partly), Baubigny, Beaune (partly), Bouze-lès-Beaune, Cormot, Echevronne, Fussey, La Rochepot, Magny-lès-Villers (partly as here is the border with Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits), Mavilly-Mandelot, Meloisey, Meursault (partly), Nantoux, Nolay, Pernand-Vergelesses (partly), Pommard (partly), St.Aubin (partly), St.Romain (partly), Savigny-lès-Beaune (partly), Vauchignon, Volnay (partly). Saône-et-Loire: Change, Cheilly-lès-Maranges (partly), Créot, Dezize-lès-Maranges (partly), Epertully, Paris-l’Hôpital, Sampigny-lès-Maranges (partly). |
| Climats classed as premier cru | None |
| Colours and grape varieties | Red: pinot noir. Allowed ‘accessory’ varieties: (15% maximum) chardonnay, pinot blanc, pinot gris Rosé: pinot noir or pinot gris. Allowed ‘accessory’ varieties: (15% maximum), chardonnay, pinot blanc White: chardonnay and/or pinot blanc, with an ‘accessory’ grape (10% maximum) of pinot gris |
| Area in production | 780 hectares |
| Maximum yield per hectare | Red: 58 hl Rosé: 58 hl White: 66 hl |
| 2018 crop | Red: 34,932 hectolitres Rosé: 18 hectolitres White: 9,737 hectolitres |
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Source: BIVB