Grand Cru Burgundy — The World's Greatest Wines, Impeccable Provenance

Grand Cru Burgundy is the most coveted wine category in the world. Just 1.5% of total Burgundy production carries Grand Cru status — 33 vineyards, each with its own AOC, spread across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. To hold a bottle of Grand Cru Burgundy from a great producer in an outstanding vintage is to possess something genuinely extraordinary — a wine of depth, complexity, and emotional resonance that justifies every superlative ever written about it.

The Grand Crus of the Côte de Nuits

Chambertin and its Satellites (Gevrey-Chambertin): Le Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze are the greatest — powerful, structured, and almost impossibly complex. The seven satellite Grand Crus (Charmes-, Chapelle-, Griotte-, Latricières-, Mazis-, Mazoyères-, and Ruchottes-Chambertin) each offer a different facet of the Gevrey character.

Musigny (Chambolle-Musigny): Many consider Musigny the greatest red Burgundy vineyard — certainly the most ethereally perfumed. The vineyard's 10.7 hectares are dominated by Comte de Vogüé, producing wines of legendary delicacy and length.

Clos de Vougeot: The largest Grand Cru (50.6 hectares), divided among over 80 producers. Quality varies enormously — the upper slopes nearest the road are finest, producing dense, complex wines; the lower alluvial zone is less impressive.

Échézeaux and Grands-Échézeaux (Vosne-Romanée): The most undervalued of the great Grand Crus — powerful, complex, and frequently available at prices well below their neighbours.

Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, La Grande Rue: The legendary Vosne-Romanée Grand Crus, dominated by Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC). The most expensive wines in the world by the case; objects of desire for collectors globally.

Corton (Aloxe-Corton): The only red Grand Cru in the Côte de Beaune — powerful, structured, and age-worthy, often undervalued relative to Côte de Nuits Grand Crus.

The Grand Crus of the Côte de Beaune (White)

Montrachet and its satellites (Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet): The most celebrated white wine vineyard in the world. Montrachet itself (8 hectares) is divided between Puligny and Chassagne; its satellites — Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet — each offer distinct expressions of great Chardonnay.

Corton-Charlemagne: The great white Grand Cru of the Côte de Beaune north — powerful, structured, and age-worthy. Louis Jadot and Bonneau du Martray produce benchmark examples.

The Seven Chablis Grand Crus

Les Clos, Vaudésir, Grenouilles, Blanchot, Valmur, Preuses, and Bougros — seven vineyards on a single south-facing slope above Chablis, producing the most mineral and age-worthy Chardonnay in the world.

Our Provenance Guarantee

Every Grand Cru Burgundy we sell comes with full documentation of its origin — estate bottled at source, stored by us in ideal conditions from date of purchase. We do not source from auction without complete confidence in the storage history.