TERROIR PROFILE
Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune
Limestone cliffs & high valleys
Behind the Côte de Beaune: the Orches cliffs, fresh whites and reds at fair prices.
Climate, site & wine
The soils are clay-limestone, often marly and covered with limestone debris. Altitude slows ripening and preserves acidity.
The area spans 22 communes in the Côte-d'Or and 7 in Saône-et-Loire; the wines are fresh, mineral and approachable. Villages include Baubigny, Evelle, Orches and La Rochepot; Saint-Romain lies five kilometres behind the Côte at the edge of the Hautes-Côtes.
TERROIR PROFILE · Burgundy
Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Limestone cliffs & high valleys
Behind the Côte de Beaune: the Orches cliffs, fresh whites and reds at fair prices.
SOILS
Limestoneprecise, mineral
Limestone delivers tension, structure and a cooler, more mineral character.
Marlbalanced, structured
Marl is a mix of limestone and clay — yields structured, balanced wines with acidity backbone.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
The Hautes-Côtes de Beaune lie at 280 to 450 metres behind the Côte; the climate is oceanic with a continental tendency.
TOPOGRAPHY · mixed
Slopes and high valleys around Nantoux, Orches, Meloisey and La Rochepot; above Saint-Romain a limestone cliff about 450 metres high marks the transition to the Côte.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
Burgundy
100% similar
- Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune and Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Nuits share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Ghemme
Piedmont
94% similar
- Dryness (slightly): Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune is drier → more concentrated, denser, smaller berries (5 vs. 4).
- Body (slightly): Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune gives less body → finer, lighter wines (5 vs. 6).
Unterer Mittelrhein & Siebengebirge
Mittelrhein
94% similar
- Minerality (slightly): Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune is more mineral → salty-stony notes, more tension (7 vs. 6).
- Body (slightly): Bourgogne · Hautes-Côtes de Beaune gives more body → fuller, more powerful wines (5 vs. 4).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 5 →This terroir's soils in the glossary