Grands-Echezeaux

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Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The appellation is limited to the single commune of Flagey-Echézeaux, in the Côte-d'Or département, between Dijon and Nuits-Saint-Georges.
• The plots are situated on the lower slope, at the mouth of a deep-cut combe that has given rise to a small alluvial fan.
• The soils, which are weakly developed and generally calcareous, are characterised by a high clay content and a red colour attributable to the presence of iron oxides.
• The slope is composed of Jurassic limestones, including the Calcaire de Comblanchien, with a layer of Bajocian marls intercalated in the lower section.
• The climate, temperate oceanic with continental and southerly influences, records annual rainfall of around 750 mm and a mean annual temperature of 10.5 °C.

• As early as the thirteenth century, the monks of the Abbey of Cîteaux cultivated plots in this sector, which was identified under the name 'Echézeaux bas' on the Atlas de Cîteaux of 1718.
• The vines are planted at a density of more than 9,000 plants per hectare, in accordance with the practices prevailing in the Côte de Nuits, and the wines undergo extended ageing.

• The wines display a ruby-red colour with violet highlights, dense yet supple tannins, and a bouquet of fresh cherry, rose or violet, undergrowth, and prune.
• The wines age very well, with a cellaring potential of five to fifteen years, and up to twenty years in the finest vintages.

• The climat Grands Échézeaux benefits from a gentle east-facing slope that shelters it from morning mists and spring frosts while ensuring generous sunshine hours.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — BIVB