Cote de Nuits

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Côte de Nuits wine region

The Côte de Nuits is one of the most famous wine-growing regions in the world, the northern part of the Côte d'Or north of Beaune in Burgundy . The most famous red Burgundy wines come from here . The Côte de Nuits borders the Côte de Beaune cultivation area to the north .

In its vineyards there are names such as the wine-growing communities Marsannay-la-Côte , Fixin , Gevrey-Chambertin , Morey-Saint-Denis , Chambolle-Musigny , Vougeot , Vosne-Romanée and Nuits-Saint-Georges or the individual vineyards Romanée-Conti , Bonnes -Mares , Richebourg , Clos de Vougeot and many more Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyard names that make wine lovers all over the world sit up and take notice.

These locations are far less known to the general public than the famous Bordeaux locations such as B. Peter . Nevertheless, they were of paramount importance for the development of the rating systems for red wines . Anyone who wants to understand the Parker points system, for example, has to know that Parker is a great lover of these locations and makes this the - subjective - basis of his rating.

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