Beaune and Pommard: the long slope south of town
A line from the plateau down through Les Aigrots, Pertuisots, Les Sizies and Les Avaux to the edge of Beaune. Tap a layer to read it.
Swipe the plate sideways to see the whole section.
Seen from above, on the same scale: the section is cut along the line A–A′. Premiers and grands crus in coloured pencil; the vineyards we pour from in ochre. Vineyards: INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (2026), Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Schematic. The line runs due east through the southern Beaune premiers crus. Les Montrevenots lies 300 m south of it, up a side combe; Drouhin's Clos des Mouches 500 m south; Pommard's Épenots about 1.2 km south-west, across the Avant-Dheune valley mouth. Les Bressandes, Les Teurons and Les Reversées are 1 to 2 km north on the same slope. Beds follow the BIVB Beaune and Pommard sheets (Oxfordian marls and limestone high, Argovian marls low); positions to be checked against the BRGM 1:50,000 sheet for Beaune. Vineyards more than about 400 m off the line are drawn dashed at their real heights; Les Aigrots, on the line, is shown on the plan.
6 layers, youngest at the top
Single vineyards we pour from. Tap one on the plate.
Why Beaune is the middleweight
- The slope is long and even, with no single combe dominating, so the premiers crus run in one broad band.
- Hard Bathonian limestone sits under thin, iron-tinged clay mid-slope: firm but rarely heavy.
- South toward Pommard the soils turn sandier and more limestone-rich; Pommard itself, just past the Avant-Dheune valley mouth, gets deeper clays and more iron.
- Below the fault, younger Oxfordian marls and deep alluvium make richer, softer ground.
Did you knowGarrey's 'Les Sizes' is spelled Les Sizies on the official INAO plan. Burgundy is full of these double spellings; growers keep the old ones on their labels.
Pas Mal wines on this ground
Beaune premiers crus
- Beaune 1er CruDomaine Arnaud Germain
- Beaune 1er Cru Les AvauxDomaine Digioia-Royer
- Beaune 1er Cru Les BressandesDomaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Pavelot
- Beaune 1er Cru Les Bressandes (1cs)Domaine Jean-Marc & Hugues Pavelot
- Beaune 1er Cru Les ReverséesDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- Beaune 1er Cru PertuisotsDomaine Jean-Yves Devevey
- Beaune 1er Cru Les ReverséesDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- Beaune 1er Cru Les SizesDomaine Philippe Garrey
- Beaune 1er Cru TeuronsDomaine Rossignol-Trapet
- Beaune 1er Cru Les PertuizotsDomaine Vincent Bouzereau
Beaune village
- Beaune Montagne Saint-DésiréDomaine Arnaud Germain
Pommard premiers crus
- Pommard 1er Cru Les FremiersDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- Pommard 1er Cru ChaponnièresDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- Pommard 1er Cru Clos de VergerDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- Pommard 1er Cru ÉpenotsDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- Pommard 1er CruDomaine Pierre Brisset
Pommard village
- Pommard La ChanièreDomaine Arnaud Germain
- Pommard Les DiagonalesDomaine David Moreau
- Pommard Les DigonellesDomaine David Moreau
- Pommard En BoeufDomaine Eric Boigelot
- PommardDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- Pommard Les NoizonsDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- Pommard Les VignotsDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- PommardDomaine Vincent Bouzereau
Bourgogne and Hautes-Côtes from Volnay, Pommard and Bligny growers
- Bourgogne AligotéDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- Bourgogne BlancDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- Bourgogne RougeDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- Hautes-Côtes de Beaune VibrationsDomaine Jean-Marc & Thomas Bouley
- AligotéDomaine Nicolas Rossignol
- Bourgogne Blanc Les CassagnesDomaine Pierre Brisset
- Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée GabriusDomaine Pierre Brisset
- Bourgogne Rouge Côte d'OrDomaine Pierre Brisset
- Coteaux Bourguignons Blanc Les DessousDomaine Pierre Brisset
Sources: BIVB appellation sheets, Beaune and Pommard; Pommard cahier des charges (INAO); Domaine Philippe Garrey, Domaine Jean-Yves Devevey and Domaine Arnaud Germain vineyard notes; BRGM 1:50,000 geological map, sheet Beaune; INAO delimitation (open data) for the cru boundaries; AWS Terrain Tiles.