Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits

Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits is a named sub-zone of Bourgogne in France, covering 1,529.7 ha across 19 communes. That is 3.8% of the Bourgogne appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.5 km south-west of Nuits-Saint-Georges and 22 km south-west of Dijon.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Bourgogne

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

1,529.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

11.26 × 8.26 km

Centre

47.1227° N, 4.9230° E

Where it is

Nearest town

2.5 km south-west of Nuits-Saint-Georges

Nearest city

22 km south-west of Dijon 159,941 people

To the sea

394 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

251–488 m

Mean elevation

372 m

Mean slope

8.1° (14 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 24,724 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)100%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 19

• Arcenant
• Bevy
• Chambolle-Musigny
• Chaux
• Chevannes
• Collonges-Les-Bevy
• Curtil-Vergy
• Flagey-Echezeaux
• L'Etang-Vergy
• Magny-Les-Villers
• Marey-Les-Fussey
• Messanges
• Meuilley
• Nuits-Saint-Georges
• Premeaux-Prissey
• Reulle-Vergy
• Segrois
• Villars-Fontaine
• Villers-La-Faye

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)