The grape of Burgundy is a duality: the pinot noir for red wines, Chardonnay for white wines.
- The pinot noir: he likes the soil not too deep and exposed at an altitude of between 250 and 300 meters on land marly fairly calcareous, stony and well drained. It is susceptible to gray mold. It is mainly grown in the vineyards of the Côte de Nuits (Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée, Chambolle-Musigny ...), Côte de Beaune (Corton, Pommard, Volnay ...) and Côte Chalonnaise (Mercurey, Givry). On large areas, it produces wines of custody powerful, colorful, rich and great aromatic complexity.
- The chardonnay is the most popular grape in the world because it sits in a wide variety of situations, but the land remains the favorite Burgundy, where he gives great dry white wines (Chablis, Meursault, Montrachet ...) . It is a vigorous vine and good fertility, but fears the cold, including spring frosts. It adapts to different soil types but prefers clay and limestone marl.The rest of the production of Burgundy is made from the gamay noir for red wines (pinot noir assembled to give the name and Macon Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains) and the aligoté for white wines (Burgundy Aligoté).
