Vosne-Romanée

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• The relief of the Côte de Nuits, tectonic in origin, extends over approximately 25 kilometres in a general north–south direction.
• The escarpment of the Côte presents a change in elevation of approximately 150 metres, made up of a series of Bajocian and Bathonian limestones, including the Comblanchien limestone that forms the backbone of the relief.
• Two combes — dry, deeply incised valleys flanked by limestone cliffs — cut across the slope and form, at their mouths, alluvial fans of stony, well-drained soil.
• The soils are poorly developed, generally calcareous and well drained, thin and highly calcareous in the upper part of the slope, then becoming progressively richer in clay to a depth of approximately 0.50 metres at the foot of the slope.
• The climate, dominated by a cool oceanic tendency tempered by continental and southerly influences, has a mean annual rainfall of approximately 730 millimetres and a mean annual temperature of 10.5 °C.

• The Cluniac abbey of Saint-Vivant, founded around 890, owned a vineyard and a winery in Vosne-Romanée, whose name survives in the climat Romanée-Saint-Vivant.
• In 1760, the Prince de Conti purchased the climat known as La Romanée, which would become Romanée-Conti, later recognised as a grand cru.
• The list of climats eligible for the premier cru designation, recognised in 1943, is based on a classification of the crus of the Côte dating from 1860 that remains authoritative to this day.
• The Vosne-Romanée appellation, which produces red wines, is planted predominantly with Pinot noir, at a density often exceeding 9,000 vines per hectare.

• The wines most often display a ruby colour, with a velvety tannic structure and a relatively understated acidity that give them a predominantly supple, rounded character.
• Highly aromatic, they express notes of cherry and peony, developing with age into nuances of undergrowth underpinned by great length; they are wines for ageing that benefit from being kept for several years.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Dénominations géographiques complémentaires

• Vosne-Romanée premier cru AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Au-dessus des Malconsorts AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Aux Brulées AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Aux Malconsorts AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Aux Raignots AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Clos des Réas AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Cros Parantoux AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru En Orveaux AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru La Croix Rameau AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Beaux Monts AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Chaumes AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Gaudichots AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Petis Monts AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Rouges AOC (PDO)
• Vosne-Romanée premier cru Les Suchots AOC (PDO)

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Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF) — approved 24 décembre 2024 et publié au JORF du 1er janvier 2025, JORF 1er janvier 2025
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — BIVB