Appellation d'origine contrôlée
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication primarily used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown, although other types of food often have appellations as well. Restrictions other than geographical bou ...
'' (AOC) and
Grand Cru
Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French word which is traditionally translated as "growth", as is the past participle of the verb "croître" (to grow); it literally means 'grown'. The ...
vineyard
A vineyard (; also ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture. Vineya ...
for
white wine
White wine is a wine that is fermented without skin contact. The colour can be straw-yellow, yellow-green, or yellow-gold. It is produced by the alcoholic fermentation of the non-coloured pulp of grapes, which may have a skin of any colour. ...
Côte de Beaune
The Côte de Beaune area is the southern part of the Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is home to the great names of Burgundy wine. The Côte de Beaune starts between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Beaune, and extends southwards for about 25 km ...
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
Puligny-Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
In the middle of the Côte de Beaune, it is a well-known appellation of Burgundy wine, containing one of the most famous vineyards in the world, Montrachet.
Popu ...
.K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pg 191-195 Workman Publishing 2001 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet borders on the Grand Cru vineyard
Bâtard-Montrachet
Bâtard-Montrachet is an ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for white wine from Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune subregion of Burgundy. It is located within the communes of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrache ...
in the west and south, on the
Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru
Puligny-Montrachet wine is produced in the commune of Puligny-Montrachet in Côte de Beaune of Burgundy. The ''Appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (AOC) Puligny-Montrachet may be used for white wine and red with respectively Chardonnay and Pinot n ...
vineyard Les Pucelles in the north and on village-level Puligny-Montrachet vineyards in the east. The AOC was created in 1937.
Production
In 2008, of vineyard surface was in production within the AOC, and 146 hectoliter of wine was produced, corresponding to just under 20,000 bottles.
AOC regulations
The only grape variety allowed for Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is Chardonnay. The allowed base yield is 40 hectoliter per hectare, and the minimum grape maturity is 11.5 per cent
potential alcohol
Must weight is a measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice (must) and, hence, indicates the amount of alcohol that could be produced if it is all fermented to alcohol, rather than left as residual sugar.AOC regulations, last updated 1998 /ref>
See also
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List of Burgundy Grand Crus
Grand Cru (great growth) is the highest level in the vineyard classification of Burgundy. There are a total of of Grand Cru vineyards—approximately 2% of Burgundy's of vineyards (excluding Beaujolais)—of which produce red wine and produce ...