The Burgundy vineyard forms a continuous winegrowing strip 200 kilometres long and a few kilometres wide, narrowing to just 800 metres on the Côte de Nuits.
The geology is dominated by limestone rocks of the Secondary era, except in the north of Beaujolais, which consists of crystalline rocks.
The periglacial past of the Burgundian slope led to intense frost-shattering of the rocks, forming stony soils on the slopes favourable to vines.
The overall eastward exposure of the slopes allows the vines to benefit from the first warmth of the morning sun and to dry out the night's residual moisture quickly.
The lower rainfall on the winegrowing slope is due to a foehn effect caused by the high ground of upper Beaujolais, upper Mâconnais and the Morvan to the west.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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Approximate area — the union of the 370 commune(s) of the delimited area (INAO); no parcel delimitation exists for this denomination.
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