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Côte de Nuits · Section through Chambertin

Gevrey-Chambertin: down through the grands crus

A line from the plateau, down through Chambertin and Chapelle-Chambertin, to the plain. 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 Chambertin, about 1.3 km south of Gevrey village. Cherbaudes lies 300 m north of the line and Latricières 850 m south, on the same band; Les Évocelles and Les Jeunes Rois 2.3 km north toward Brochon, drawn dashed at their real heights. Aux Ételois is placed from the grower’s description. Bedrock order on the grand cru slope follows Brenna Quigley's description of Clos de Bèze (via Becky Wasserman); the fault under the lower grands crus follows a grower's note of Comblanchien limestone against crinoidal limestone in Charmes-Chambertin. Check thicknesses against the BRGM 1:50,000 sheet for Gevrey-Chambertin.

Key to the ground

8 layers, youngest at the top

    Single vineyards we pour from. Tap one on the plate.

    Why three neighbours taste so different

    1. Chambertin sits on the full stack, from pink Prémeaux limestone at its head to crinoidal limestone at its foot, with a cool draught off the Combe Grisard: depth and grip.
    2. Chapelle sits on flat slabs of crinoidal limestone 30 to 50 cm down: warm, early, sensual.
    3. Petite Chapelle sits just below Chapelle, on up to 2 m of stoneless clay: colder, later, rounder.
    4. Below the D974 the Combe de Lavaux fan gives light, stony village ground with real finesse.

    Did you knowHere the rock order flips. Walking down a Côte slope, the rock normally gets older as you go: young Comblanchien up on the plateau, old crinoidal limestone in the grands crus. But a fault runs under the lower grands crus, and the ground east of it has dropped. So below the fault the young Comblanchien turns up again, lower down than the older rock above it. In Charmes-Chambertin, Domaine Dujac finds Comblanchien on the east side of one parcel and crinoidal limestone on the west.

    In the book

    Pas Mal wines on this ground

    Grands crus

    Gevrey premiers crus

    Gevrey village

    Sources: Brenna Quigley via Becky Wasserman: Bruno Clair, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze; Domaine Rossignol-Trapet vineyard notes; Burgundy Report, Gevrey-Chambertin village profile; Idealwine, Gevrey-Chambertin; BRGM 1:50,000 geological map, sheet Gevrey-Chambertin; INAO delimitation (open data) for the cru boundaries; AWS Terrain Tiles.