Appellations
Régionale · Côte de Nuits
Hautes-Côtes de Nuits & de Beaune
red and white · 1900
The plateau behind the Côte, higher and cooler, and increasingly interesting.
Under the vines
The same limestone, at two hundred metres more altitude and on varied aspects.
In the glass
Lighter and fresher than the Côte, and in warm vintages much closer to it than the price suggests.
Why it sits here
Historically too cold to ripen reliably. Warming has changed that, and land there is no longer cheap.
Commonly misread
That altitude is a defect. It was, until about 2003.
Names worth knowing
Anne Gros, Jayer-Gilles, Thibault Liger-Belair, Gros Frère et Sœur