Cote de Nuits
This is the more northerly end of the main Burgundy growing area, which runs along the eastern slopes of the limestone escarpment known as the Cote d’Or. It’s famed principally for Pinot Noir ranging from the robust to the supremely elegant. Winemaking here is highly fragmented – producers can own as few as a couple of rows of vines. Depending on quality some choose to make these into a tiny quantity of (potentially very expensive) wine, and others choose to blend with grapes from similarly small holdings elsewhere. The Cote de Nuits (cote means ‘hill’) gets its name from the Village of Nuits-St-George – home of some highly regarded Premier Cru wines, but no Grand Crus.
