Meursault AOC

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The same city named after the local appellation with 364 hectares of vineyards located in the Bourgogne region Côte d'Or (Côte de Beaune). Small areas in the community Blagny are likewise included. The place is also known as the "capital of the Burgundian whites." Received in the Meursault Cistercian the Duke of Burgundy on Christmas Day 1098 their first year of its founding vineyard as a gift. Meursault is held annually on the third day of the "Trois Glorieuses" (three glorious days), the "Paulée de Meursault", which goes back to the tradition of a common meal taken after the harvest (see also under Hospices de Beaune and Brotherhood of the Chevaliers du Tastevin ). There are mainly produced white wines from Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc are among the best of Burgundy and are usually aged in oak barrels. A popular saying in the community word is: "Only those who drink Meursault will never become a drunkard." The red wines are Pinot Noir, with smaller amounts of Pinot Liebault (PN-clone) and Pinot Gris grapes.

In this area there are no classified Grand Crus. The most important of numerous premiers crus vineyards of 160 hectares are Bouchères, charm, Genevrières, Goutte d'Or, Poruzot, Perrières (Grand Cru-worthy), sous le Bois Pièce, Poruzots, and Sous le Dos Santenots d'Ane. As a special feature, there is an AC-Volnay Premier Cru Santenots only for red wines, which was already settled in court in 1924. These vineyards are confusingly but not in the neighboring community Volnay But just in Meursault. Alternative appellations are Meursault Premier Cru-Blagny for white wines from specific locations to Blagny, Meursault, Côte de Beaune, Meursault, only for red wines and white wines from Santenots for Premier Cru in Volnay of particular sector-Santenots. Well-known producers are Ampeau, Bichot (Domaine du Pavillon), Bouchard Pere et Fils , Boyer-Martenot, Coche-Dury, Joseph Drouhin , Fichet, Grivault, Javillier, Lafon, Javillier, Jobard, Domaine Leroy , Michelot, Morey and Domaine Roulot .