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Côte de Beaune · Section through Meursault

Meursault: Narvaux, Genevrières, Charmes

A line from the plateau down through Les Narvaux, the tip of Genevrières, Limozin and Charmes 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 north-west to south-east about 1.5 km south of Meursault village; Perrières lies 300 m south of it. Les Durots, Les Charrons and Les Pellans are on the flatter ground nearer the village, and Monthélie, Auxey-Duresses and Saint-Romain lie 2 to 6 km north-west up the Auxey valley; their wines are listed here without pins. Soil depths are from grower notes and merchant sources that do not always agree; layer heights are 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 Narvaux is placed from the growers’ descriptions.

Key to the ground

7 layers, youngest at the top

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

    Why Meursault changes so much down one slope

    1. At the top, Les Narvaux sits on hard Bathonian limestone with almost no clay: tense, lean, stony wines.
    2. Mid-slope, Genevrières and the upper Charmes have clay-limestone of moderate depth over marly rock: floral, balanced.
    3. Lower Charmes has much deeper soil on a gentler slope: broad, generous wine.
    4. North of the village the slope turns to Pinot ground: Santenots and Caillerets continue Volnay, and Volnay-Santenots is grown inside Meursault.

    Did you knowMeursault grows some of the Côte's best red as well as white: Volnay-Santenots comes from vineyards inside Meursault, sold under Volnay's name when planted to Pinot Noir.

    In the book

    Pas Mal wines on this ground

    Meursault premiers crus

    Meursault village

    Volnay-Santenots and the Caillerets, at the Volnay border

    Monthélie, Auxey-Duresses and Saint-Romain, up the valley

    Bourgogne, Aligoté and Hautes-Côtes from Meursault and Saint-Romain growers

    Sources: Decanter, Meursault regional profile; Gourmet Hunters, Meursault; Domaine Guy Bocard, Domaine Eric Boigelot and Domaine Vincent Bouzereau vineyard notes; BRGM 1:50,000 geological map, sheet Beaune; INAO delimitation (open data) for the cru boundaries; AWS Terrain Tiles.