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The Côte de Beaune

One strange hill, two contrasting reds, and the great whites

Corton · Pommard · Volnay · Meursault · Montrachet · 4 chapters · 11 min read

One strange hill, two contrasting reds, and the greatest white wine in the world.

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The Hill and the Reds

  1. 01Corton and Corton-CharlemagneOn the only hill in Burgundy that faces every direction at once.
  2. 02Pommard and VolnayOn two adjoining villages that prove the point better than any argument.

The White Heart

  1. 03MeursaultOn a slope of three vineyards, and what thirty metres of altitude does.
  2. 04Puligny, Chassagne and MontrachetOn five grands crus in four hundred metres, stacked up a single hill.