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The Villages Nobody Mentions

Marsannay to the Maranges, and why the producer beats the place

Marsannay · Morey · Savigny · Saint-Aubin · Santenay · 5 chapters · 13 min read

The communes that make most of the drinkable Burgundy and appear in none of the books.

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The Northern Edge

  1. 01Marsannay and FixinOn the two villages at the top of the Côte that most maps begin after.
  2. 02Morey-Saint-DenisOn five grands crus, no flagship, and what that does to a price.

The Hills and the Southern End

  1. 03Savigny and PernandOn a side valley behind Beaune where the appellation boundaries make no geological sense.
  2. 04Saint-Aubin and the Back ValleysOn the back valleys, and how a value appellation stops being one.
  3. 05Santenay and the MarangesOn the last two appellations of the Côte d'Or, and the rule this book keeps arriving at.