BOURGOGNE CHITRY, BOURGOGNE ÉPINEUIL,
BOURGOGNE COULANGES-LA-VINEUSE
Category |
Regional appellation The names of CHITRY, COULANGES-LA-VINEUSE
and ÉPINEUIL can be added to BOURGOGNE for reds or whites and to
BOURGOGNE ROSÉ or BOURGOGNE CLAIRET for rosés produced in the
delimited area of the BOURGOGNE appellation within 9 communes of the
Yonne department. On the label, names of CHITRY,
COULANGES-LA-VINEUSE, ÉPINEUIL must appear directly below the words
BOURGOGNE, BOURGOGNE ROSÉ or BOURGOGNE CLAIRET in letters of no more
than half the size of those used for these words. |
Communes of
production |
BOURGOGNE COULANGES-LA-VINEUSE :
Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Charentenay, Escolives-Sainte-Camille,
Jussy, Migé, Mouffy and Val-de-Mercy BOURGOGNE ÉPINEUIL
: Épineuil BOURGOGNE CHITRY :
Chitry |
Colours and grape
varieties |
Reds and
rosés Pinot and (rarely)
Tressot Whites,
Chardonnay |
Area in
production |
Assigned : BOURGOGNE CHITRY :
287 ha BOURGOGNE COULANGE-LA-VINEUSE :
771 ha BOURGOGNE ÉPINEUIL : 380
ha |
Maximum yield per
hectare |
Reds and rosés 55
hl whites 60 hl |
Annual average crop |
Bourgogne Chitry : blancs : 2290 hl, rouges : 1275 hl
Bourgogne Coulanges La Vineuse : blancs : 470 hl, rouges : 2950 hl
Bourgogne Epineul : blancs : 350 hl, rouges : 4400 hl |
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| Source: BIVB & Pitiot+Servant's The Wines of Burgundy (1999)
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