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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