Hautes-Côtes de Nuits is a subregion of the

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region located to the west of the

Côte de Nuits The Côte de Nuits () is a French wine region located in the northern part of the Côte d'Or (escarpment), Côte d'Or, the limestone ridge that is at the heart of the Burgundy wine region. It extends from Dijon to just south of Nuits-Saint-Georges ...

subregion. While Côte de Nuits consists of vineyards located on or close to the main

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escarpment, Hautes-Côtes de Nuits covers the area on top of the escarpment, and the adjacent area of various valleys and slopes. Only one ''

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'' (AOC), Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, covers the entire subregion; there are no specific AOCs named after villages in this subregion, and also no

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vineyards. This AOC may be used for red and rosé wines with

Pinot noir Pinot noir (), also known as Pinot nero, is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name also refers to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words fo ...

as the main grape variety, as well as white wines with

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, ; ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new a ...

as the main grape variety, and was created in 1961. The AOC covers a number of communes in the

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department: 16 communes situated above the escarpment (the actual Hautes Côtes), and the top parts of four communes that are mainly situated in Côte de Nuits. The border between Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and Hautes-Côtes de Beaune to the south passes through

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Production

In 2008, there was of vineyard surface in production in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, and 28.757 hectoliter of wine was produced, of which 22.656 hectoliter red wine (including a small amount of rosé) and 6.101 hectoliter white wine.BIVB: Les Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée de Bourgogne
accessed on November 17, 2009 The total amount produced corresponds to just over 3.8 million bottles, of which just over 3.0 million bottles of red wine (including rosé) and just over 800,000 bottles of white wine.

AOC regulations

For white wines, the AOC regulations allow both Chardonnay and

Pinot blanc Pinot blanc () or Pinot bianco is a white wine grape. It is a point genetic mutation of Pinot noir. Pinot noir is genetically unstable and will occasionally experience a point mutation in which a vine bears all black fruit except for one cane wh ...

to be used, but most wines are 100% Chardonnay. The AOC regulations also allow up to 15 per cent total of Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and

Pinot gris Pinot gris, pinot grigio (, ), or ''Grauburgunder'' is a white wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. Thought to be a mutant clone of the pinot noir variety, it normally has a pinkish-gray hue, accounting for its name, but th ...

as accessory grapes in the red wines, but this not very often practiced. The allowed base yield is 50 hectoliter per hectare of red wine and 55 hectoliter per hectare for white wine. The grapes must reach a maturity of at least 10 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.Burgundy (historical region) AOCs