Additional Info

Les Champeaux is a 6.88 ha vineyard at the northernmost limit of Gevrey-Chambertin, just south of Evocelles (a Gevrey village vineyard located in Brochon, that many think should be a premier cru.)

Because Champeaux is a patchwork of small parcels, some of which are terraces, the vineyard’s slope varies from gentle to steep.

Bedrock:

The bedrock of Les Champeaux consists entirely of fossiliferous crinoidal limestone.

The Burguet parcel:

Burguet’s parcel is 0.18 ha, with vines planted in 1987.

Its elevation, 340 m, makes you feel on top of the world, and the view on the Gevrey village and Saône plain is wonderful. Cold air from the forest at the top of the slope makes this location particularly cool, especially early in the day. Due to its variable topography, and because there is no room for tractors to turn around, the Burguets’ Les Champeaux must be plowed by horse.

This parcel is very rocky, particularly towards the bottom and has a poorly sorted mixture of gravels and cobbles (up to 30%). Many different types of limestone rocks can be found within the vineyard, including pieces of sparkling, coarse-grained, crystalline calcite. The light brown soils are shallow, about 25 cm at the top of the parcel and up to 35 cm at the bottom.

With many thanks to geologist Brenna Quigley for putting the physical and geological aspects of these vineyards into words far more meaningful than we could have written on our own. www.brennaquigley.com

We are also indebted to geologist Françoise Vannier of Adama Terroirs Viticoles, who created the bedrock map for Gevrey that Brenna based part her work on. www.adama-terroirs.fr