• Burgundy produces red wine and white wine both.
• Burgundy wines are full bodied but contain less tannin.
• It is the land of small estates and wine farmers.
• The biggest vineyard of Burgundy is Clos de Vougeot, measuring 120 acres.
• Burgundy lies in the heart of France. The climate is hot and harsh with severe winters.
• There may be sudden frost. The grapes are harvested before full maturity, do not have adequate amount of sugar content. The capitalization (Adding of sugar) is allowed is Burgundy.

Wine regions of Burgundy:-

1. Chablis:– produces mostly white wines, wines matured in oak barrels & stainless vats (oak barrel is used to mature wine, steel vat is used for bottling).
2. The Cote D’Or: – it means hill of golden, produces red & white wines.
3. Cote Chalonnaise:- produces both red and white wines
4. The Maconnais: – produces predominantly white wines but some red wines also.
5. Beaujolais: – it is situated below Macon, primarily a red wine producing region.

• Main grape varieties : red wines :– Pinot noir, Gamay, white wines:- chardonnay, Aligote