Vougeot
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Côte-d'Or | |
| Arrondissement | Beaune | |
| Canton | Nuits-Saint-Georges | |
| Community association | Gevrey-Chambertin et de Nuits-Saint-Georges | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 11 ′ N , 4 ° 58 ′ E | |
| height | 233-275 m | |
| surface | 0.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 177 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 201 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 21640 | |
| INSEE code | 21716 | |
| Website | www.mairie-vougeot.a3w.fr | |
 Clos de Vougeot with château |
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Vougeot is a French commune and a wine town in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region , in the Côte-d'Or department . The community has 177 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), is located at an altitude of 237 m above sea level and has an area of 88 hectares . Vougeot is located about 16 km south of Dijon on the Paris – Marseille railway line and borders Vosne-Romanée in the south . The river Vouge has its source in the municipality. Vougeot is the smallest municipality on the Côte de Nuits .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 170 | 164 | 178 | 197 | 176 | 589 | 193 | 180 |
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Attractions
The Château de Vougeot and a mill from the 16th century are well worth a visit. The small watercourse Vouge has its source near Vougeot .
Vougeot wine region
The Vougeot appellation ( appellation d'Origine Contrôlée since December 8, 1936) has four Premier Cru sites (Les Crâs, Le Clos Blanc, Les Petits Vougeots, Clos de la Perrière; total area 11.68 ha) and one Grand -Cru location (Clos de Vougeot; total area 50.97 ha). Mainly red wines from the Pinot Noir grape variety are grown , as well as white wine from the approved Chardonnay grape variety . The yield of red wine is limited to 50–58 hectoliters / hectare (Premier Cru: 48–56 hectoliters / hectare). The average harvest (excluding Grand Cru) is around 345 hl / year (including 272 hl Premier Cru) red wine and around 152 hl / year (including 124 hl Premier Cru).
The minimum alcohol content is 10.5% (Premier Cru: 11%, Grand Cru: 11.5%) for the red wine and 11% (Premier Cru: 11.5%) for the white wine. In the case of artificial enrichment with dry sugar ( chaptalization ), a maximum alcohol content is set at 13.5% (Premier Cru: 14%, Grand Cru: 14.5%).
The only Grand Cru location in Vougeot is also one of the most famous wine locations in France: the Clos de Vougeot . The property of this 50.97 hectare site is shared by around 80 wineries (owners). Each owner produces his own wine independently. 42–49 hl of wine can be produced per hectare, the total annual production is around 1587 hl (211,600 bottles) of Grand Cru . The Clos de Vougeot vineyard is located between Musigny in the north and the Grand-Echezeaux in the south. It has a gradient of 3 to 4% and is terraced at an altitude of 240 and 265 m above sea level. There is a continental climate with warm and thunderstorm summers, in winter it is cold. In general, the climate of the Côte de Nuits is particularly warm and dry. The vineyards are protected from the greatest cold and heavy rain on the west side with the foothills of the Morvan. The Morvan belongs to the Massif Central and is also known as the Black Mountains. The Château de Vougeot, a former abbey, and its enclosed, walled vineyard ("Clos") can be described as the oldest viticulture research institute in the world.
Parish partnership
Vougeot has had a partnership with the wine-growing community of Rhodt unter Rietburg in Rhineland-Palatinate since 1967 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Pitiot, Sylvain; Servant, Jean-Charles: Les vins de Bourgogne . 15th edition. Collection Pierre Poupon, 2014, ISBN 978-2-9513731-7-4 , pp. 189-191 .
