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CORTON Grand Cru
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| Category |
Grand Cru
appellation
With this appellation, only the reds may add
the name of the climat of origin e.g. :- In the commune of Aloxe-Corton :
Les Pougets, Les Languettes
- In the commune of Aloxe-Corton
: Les Pougets, Les Languettes, Le Corton, Les Renardes, Les
Grèves, Le Clos du Roi, Les Chaumes, Les Perrières, Les Bressandes,
Les Paulands, Les Maréchaudes, Clos des Maréchaudes, Les Fiètres, Le Meix Lallemand, Clos
des Meix, Les Combes, La Vigne aux Saint
- In the commune of
Ladoix-Serrigny : Le Rognet et Corton, Clos des Cortons
Faiveley, Les Moutottes, Les Carrières, Basses Mourottes,
Hautes Mourottes, Les Vergennes, Les Grandes Lolières, La Toppe au
vert.
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Commune of
production
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Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix-Serrigny,
and Pernand-Vergelesses
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Colours and grape
varieties
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Nearly all reds,
Pinot Noir
Some whites,
Chardonnay
Where parcels have white grapes and depending on their location they may show on the label CORTON, CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE or CHARLEMAGNE. |
Area in
production |
Assigned : 160 ha
including - 121 ha in the commune of Aloxe-Corton
- 22 ha in the commune of Ladoix-Serrigny
- 17
ha in the commune of Pernand-Vergelesses
Actually in production
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Reds : 98 ha
Whites : 2.40
ha |
| Maximum yield per
hectare |
Reds : 35 hl
Whites :
40 hl
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Annual average
crop |
Reds : 3,617
hl
Whites : 106 hl
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Source: BIVB & Pitiot+Servant's The Wines of Burgundy (1999)
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