Coteaux Bourguignons ou Bourgogne grand ordinaire ou Bourgogne ordinaire
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Accessory grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- The vineyard area extends over approximately 250 kilometres from north to south and brings together a more or less continuous collection of vineyards across the territory of more than 300 communes.
- The vineyards of the Yonne and the Châtillonnais are planted on the cuestas of the Paris Basin, on sediments dating from the Upper Jurassic, with the exception of the Vézelien and the Jovinien.
- From Dijon to the outskirts of Lyon, the vineyards occupy the western edge of the Bresse graben, a tectonic structure that subsided during the Alpine uplift, on calcareous or marly substrates generally dating from the Jurassic.
- Mainly in Saône-et-Loire, outcrops of metamorphic and granitic basement rock from the Primary era locally give rise to acidic soils that support vines.
- The cool oceanic climate of the Burgundy wine region, with summers generally free of marked drought, is moderated in the southeast by a foehn effect linked to the Morvan and Charolais hills, generating lower humidity and higher temperatures.
Human factors
- The appellation d'origine contrôlée 'Bourgogne ordinaire' or 'Bourgogne grand ordinaire', the forerunner of the present-day Coteaux Bourguignons, was recognised by decree in 1937.
- In the nineteenth century, wines known as 'ordinaires', produced from Gamay or Melon, were distinguished from wines known as 'grands ordinaires', made with a greater proportion of noble varieties such as Pinot noir or Chardonnay.
Product characteristics
- The red and rosé wines are described as very fruity, with a fairly fine tannic structure, capable of expressing great finesse.
- The white wines are generally floral and fresh, while a short ageing preserves these characteristics and invites drinking the wines in their youth to enjoy their full aromatic power.
Terroir / wine link
- Vine planting is limited to the most favourable situations, with landforms benefiting from warmer and drier mesoclimates and from soils that are well-draining, fertile, and quick to warm up.
- The range of grape varieties, particularly well suited to the pedo-climatic conditions of the zone, combines with the diversity of natural conditions to yield fresh, fruity wines of definite elegance.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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