AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Côte d’Or
Communes of Production
- Fixin and Brochon
Styles and Encépagement
- Blanc: Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc
- Rouge: Pinot Noir, plus a max. 15% mixed plantings of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay
- Blanc/Rouge „Premier Cru“
Minimum Potential Alcohol
- Blanc: 11%
- Rouge: 10.5%
- Blanc „Premier Cru“: 11.5%
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 11%
Minimum Must Weights
- Blanc: 178 g/l (170 g/l prior to 2011)
- Rouge: 180 g/l (171 g/l prior to 2011)
- Blanc „Premier Cru“: 187 g/l (178 g/l prior to 2011)
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 189 g/l (180 g/l prior to 2011)
Maximum Residual Sugar
- Blanc: 3 g/l
- Rouge: 2 g/l
Élevage
- Wines may not be released before June 30 of the year following the harvest
Minimum Planting Density
- 9,000 vines per hectare
Maximum Yield (Rendement de Base)
- Blanc: 57 hl/ha (45 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Rouge: 50 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Blanc „Premier Cru“: 55 hl/ha (45 hl/ha prior to 2011)
- Rouge „Premier Cru“: 48 hl/ha (40 hl/ha prior to 2011)
Primary Soil Type
- brown limestone
AOC Established
- 1936 (last updated 2011)
Links
Premier Cru Vineyards of Fixin (6)
| Vineyard | Size** | Major Producers | Notes |
| Arvelets | 3.36 ha | Although Arvelets is separate from Hervelets, producers may choose to label wines from this vineyard under the latter name. Growers often blend wines from both vineyards. | |
| Origin of Name: „Arvelets“ is derived from the Old French arve, or „field.“ | |||
| Clos de la Perrière | 6.70 ha | Domaine de la Perrière (Philippe Joliet), monopole | The land upon which the domaine’s 12th century manor and gardens stand are also technically classified as Premier Cru. Clos de la Perrière includes the climats En Suchot and Queue de Hareng; the latter is located in the commune of Brochon. |
| Origin of Name: Le perrier was a worker who extracted stone from a quarry. | |||
| Clos Napoléon | 1.83 ha | Pierre Gelin, monopole | The domaine produces red wines from this monopole. Prior to Gelin’s acquisition in the 1950, this vineyard was known as Aux Cheusots. |
| Origin of Name: The vineyard once belonged to Claude Noisot, who was an officer in Napoléon’s Imperial Guard. He commissioned a statue to commemorate the leader, which stands on this site today. | |||
| Hervelets | 4.32 ha | Pierre Gelin | While Arvelets may be labeled as Hervelets, producers of Hervelets may not label their wines as Arvelets. |
| Origin of Name: „Hervelets“, like „Arvelets“ is derived from arve, or „field.“ | |||
| Le Clos du Chapitre | 4.79 ha | Guy & Yvan Dufouleur, monopole | Le Clos du Chapitre was purchased from Pierre Gelin by Dufouluer in 1994. The domaine does sell some of its fruit, so multiple bottlings are possible. |
| Origin of Name: „Chapitre“ indicates a religious chapter; this vineyard once belonged to the cathedral of Saint-Mammès. | |||
| Les Meix Bas | Les Meix Bas is technically within Hervelets, and is almost always labeled as the latter. | ||
| Origin of Name: „Meix“ is derived from the Latin mansus, or „farm.“ | |||
| **Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy. Rev. ed. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2008. | |||