- Route des Grands Crus
The route des Grands Crus (roughly, "road of the great
wine s") is the name of a tourist route situated inBurgundy ,France .The approximately 60-kilometre route runs along the foot of the Côte d'Or escarpment, from
Dijon in the north to Santenay in the south. Thus it runs through many of the greatappellations ofBurgundy wine , hence the name of the route. It takes the visitor through the vineyards of theCôte de Nuits and theCôte de Beaune and the back hills (Hautes-Côtes ) behind and above the wine slopes.It is punctuated by 33 villages or little towns, including
Beaune , many of which have picturesque churches.Route
From north to south:
*Marsannay-la-Côte
*Côte de Nuits
**Fixin
**Gevrey-Chambertin
**Morey-Saint-Denis
**Chambolle-Musigny
**Vougeot
**Flagey-Echézeaux
**Vosne-Romanée
**Nuits-Saint-Georges
*Côte de Beaune
**Aloxe-Corton
**Savigny-Lès-Beaune
**Beaune
**Pommard
** Volnay
**Meursault ee also
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French wine
*Burgundy wine
*Côte de Nuits
*Saisy Notes and references
Further reading
* Coates, Clive (1997) "Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy" Weidenfeld Nicolson ISBN 0297836072
External links
* [http://www.burgundy-tourism.com/fleuve/iti/texte_pages/txt_route_des_grds_crus.htm Description]
* [http://www.thewinedoctor.com/regionalguides/burgundypartone.shtml thewinedoctor.com] A great overview of the geography and wines of Burgundy
* [http://www.burgundy-report.com/ The Burgundy Report] Good descriptions of the vineyards and vintages.
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