The recipe works for Pinot Noir, too. No grape is more sensitive to its vineyard site. In France, the Côte Chalonnaise is really the only place outside the Côte d’Or that produces worthwhile Pinot Noir. Rully, Givry, and Mercurey have excellent cuvées, and Chalonnais reds labeled Bourgogne have the possibility to be more interesting than Bourgogne from the Côte d’Or itself, because most Côte d’Or Bourgogne is from flatland vines while Côte Chalonnaise bottlings are likely to be from hillsides.
