AOC/AOP Regulations
Département
- Côte d’Or
Communes of Production
- Savigny-lès-Beaune
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“
- Rouge wines may be additionally labeled „Côte de Beaune“
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
- Blanc: Wines may not be released until April 30 of the year following the harvest
- Rouge: Wines may not be released until May 31 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)
AOC Established
- 1937 (last updated 2011)
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Premier Cru Vineyards of Savigny-lès-Beaune (22)
| Vineyard | Size** | Major Producers | Notes |
| Aux Clous | 9.92 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: „Clous“ is an alternative spelling for „clos,“ indicating a walled vineyard. | |||
| Aux Fourneaux | 6.42 ha | Simon Bize, Chandon de Briailles | |
| Origin of Name: „Fourneaux“ = „stove“ | |||
| Aux Gravains | 6.15 ha | Jean-Marc Pavelot | |
| Origin of Name: „Gravains,“ like graves, refers to vineyard’s soil, composed of sand and fine gravel. | |||
| Aux Guettes | 14.08 ha | AF Gros, Jean-Marc Pavelot, Simon Bize, Louis Jadot (Gagey) | |
| Origin of Name: „Guettes“ refers to a hunting blind (guet) located in the vineyard, in which hunters can remain undetectable to game. | |||
| Aux Serpentières | 12.34 ha | Simon Bize, Maurice Ecard, Patrick Javillier | |
| Origin of Name: Some suggest that „Serpentières,“ meaning „serpent,“ signifies snake-like rivulets of water that run through the vineyard. | |||
| Basses Vergelesses | 1.68 ha | Basses Vergelesses is located within Les Vergelesses, but it is contiguous, in slope and soil, to Pernand’s Ile de Vergelesses. | |
| Origin of Name: „Vergelesses“ stems from the Middle French verge, meaning „rod,“ a reference to the parcel’s long shape. „Basses“ indicates that this is a lower-elevation sector of the vineyard | |||
| Bataillière | 1.81 ha | Albert Morot, monopole | Bataillière is located within Les Vergelesses. |
| Origin of Name: „Bataille“ = „battle“ | |||
| Champ Chevrey | 1.48 ha | Tollot-Beaut, monopole | |
| Origin of Name: „Chevrey“ is derived from chevre, which indicates a path or road in an old local dialect. | |||
| Les Charnières | 2.07 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: „Charnières“ may refer to an old cart path or the site of an old cemetery. | |||
| La Dominode | 7.87 ha | Bruno Clair, Jean-Marc Pavelot, Loius Jadot | La Dominode is located within Les Jarrons. |
| Origin of Name: This vineyard was once the domain of a powerful lord (Latin: dominus). | |||
| Les Hauts Jarrons | 4.44 ha | Les Hauts Jarrons is located within Les Jarrons. | |
| Origin of Name: See below. | |||
| Les Hauts Marconnets | 5.34 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: See below. | |||
| Les Jarrons | 9.35 ha | Maurice Ecard | Most of Les Jarrons (7.87 ha) is also designated as Premier Cru La Dominode, a preferable designation for most producers. |
| Origin of Name: „Les Jarrons“ is derived from the Old French jargon, a „tree branch.“ A forest once covered this site. | |||
| Les Lavières | 17.66 ha | Bouchard, Chandon de Briailles | |
| Origin of Name: „Les Lavières“ is derived from laves, or „flat stones“; referring to grave stones used at a Merovingian-era cemetery at this site. | |||
| Les Marconnets | 2.99 ha | Simon Bize | |
| Origin of Name: „Les Marconnets“ is named after a fountain. | |||
| Les Narbantons | 9.49 ha | Camus-Bruchon, Ecard, Leroy | |
| Origin of Name: „Narbantons“ is derived from bantons („little mountains“) and the Latin niger („black“). This is an elevated site near the forest. | |||
| Les Peuillets | 16.17 ha | Jean-Marc Pavelot | |
| Origin of Name: „Peuillets“ are „young trees,“ suggesting the presence of a forest here at one time. | |||
| Les Rouvrettes | 2.83 ha | Girard-Vollot | |
| Origin of Name: A „rouvre“ is a type of oak tree. | |||
| Les Talmettes | 3.10 ha | Les Talmettes is located within Les Vergelesses, and producers generally prefer to use that designation. | |
| Origin of Name: „Talmettes“ is derived from the Latin talutium, a steep or hilly area. | |||
| Les Vergelesses | 15.38 ha | Simon Bize, Lucien Jacob | Les Vergelesses includes the climats of Les Talmettes, Basses Vergelesses, and Bataillière. |
| Origin of Name: „Vergelesses“ stems from the Middle French verge, meaning „rod,“ a reference to the parcel’s long shape. | |||
| Petits Godeaux | 0.71 ha | ||
| Origin of Name: „Godeaux“ is derived from the Latin gutta, or „drip.“ In this case, the vineyard name refers to a nearby water source. | |||
| Redrescul | 0.50 ha | Doudet-Naudin, monopole | |
| Origin of Name: „Redrescul“ and redresse, which means „to straighten,“ share a common etymology. Here, the vineyard name signals steep slopes that were difficult to work. | |||
| **Coates, Clive. The Wines of Burgundy. Rev. ed. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2008. | |||