--- title: "Côte de Nuits wine region: villages and grands crus" description: "Côte de Nuits: 10 wine villages 19 min to 35 min from Beaune. Our half-day wine tour plus one hour goes there with a private driver for €360 per car." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/cote-de-nuits lang: en updated: 2026-10-02 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/regions/cote-de-nuits.png --- # Côte de Nuits, Burgundy’s slope of great red wines > The Côte de Nuits is the northern half of Burgundy's Côte d'Or, a strip of hillside about 20 km long and in places only 200 m wide between Dijon and Corgoloin, where 24 grands crus grow. Its villages lie 19 min to 35 min from Beaune by road, and our half-day wine tour plus one hour takes you there with a licensed private driver for €360 per car, up to 4 guests. ## Key facts - Wine villages: 10 - From Beaune: 19 min to 35 min - Grands crus: 24 - Premiers crus: 135 - Location: 20 km north-east of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - €360 for a [half-day wine tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) plus one hour, from Beaune, up to 4 guests ## The region Its wines are mainly red, from Pinot Noir, with a little white from Chardonnay and Aligoté. The grands crus lie in six villages: Gevrey-Chambertin has nine of them, Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze among them; Morey-Saint-Denis has the Clos de Tart and the Clos de la Roche; Chambolle-Musigny the Musigny and the Bonnes-Mares; Vougeot the Clos de Vougeot; Flagey-Échezeaux the two Échezeaux; and Vosne-Romanée six, from the Romanée-Conti to La Tâche and Richebourg. The Clos de Vougeot began as a wine estate of the monks of nearby Cîteaux Abbey in the 12th century and still covers almost 51 hectares in one piece; its château has belonged to the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin since 1945. North of Gevrey-Chambertin, Marsannay-la-Côte, whose appellation also covers a rosé, and Fixin open the slope; south of Vosne-Romanée come Nuits-Saint-Georges, with 41 premiers crus but no grand cru, and Premeaux-Prissey. The Route des Grands Crus links the villages, and behind them the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits rise to 300 to 400 m, around 20 villages in the hills. Dijon stands at the northern end. With the Côte de Beaune, the slope belongs to the Climats of the Burgundy vineyards, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 4 July 2015: nearly 60 km of named vineyard plots and more than 40 towns and villages. Our full-day wine tour spends the morning here and the afternoon in the Côte de Beaune. The tastings are booked with the domaines, usually by appointment, and paid to them directly. ## Villages - [Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin): Nine grands crus, more than any other Burgundy village, led by Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. (32 min from Beaune) - [Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vosne-romanee): Six grands crus, including Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, in the village called the pearl of the Côte. (25 min from Beaune) - [Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/nuits-saint-georges): The wine town that names the Côte de Nuits, with 41 premiers crus and a lively old centre. (22 min from Beaune) - [Chambolle-Musigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chambolle-musigny): A small village known for silky, perfumed reds, the grand cru Musigny and the prized Les Amoureuses. (30 min from Beaune) - [Morey-Saint-Denis](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/morey-saint-denis): A village of walled clos, with five grands crus between Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny. (30 min from Beaune) - [Flagey-Échezeaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/flagey-echezeaux): A village of vines and fields on the plain, with two grands crus climbing the slope above. (27 min from Beaune) - [Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/vougeot): Home of the Clos de Vougeot, the Cistercian vineyard and château at the heart of Burgundy's wine story. (27 min from Beaune) - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. (35 min from Beaune) - [Premeaux-Prissey](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/premeaux-prissey): Two old villages joined in 1972, with walled premier cru clos and wines sold as Nuits-Saint-Georges. (19 min from Beaune) - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. (35 min from Beaune) - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. (40 min from Beaune) ## Châteaux - [Château du Clos de Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-du-clos-de-vougeot): The Cistercian wine estate that became the symbol of Burgundy wine. (Vougeot) - [Château de Prémeaux](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-premeaux): A family wine estate in Premeaux, rebuilt with the stones of a vanished castle. (Premeaux-Prissey) - [Château de Quincey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-quincey): A moated classical château at the end of a long avenue, just south-east of Nuits. (Quincey) - [Château de Collonges-lès-Bévy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-collonges-les-bevy): A Hautes-Côtes château with a glazed tile roof, being restored after a fire in 2020. (Collonges-lès-Bévy) - [Maison forte d’Agencourt](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/maison-forte-d-agencourt): A moated fortified house east of Nuits, rebuilt around 1650 and now a rural school. (Agencourt) - [Château de la Berchère](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-berchere): A moated château between Nuits-Saint-Georges and the Saône plain, now a hotel. (Boncourt-le-Bois) - [Château de Vergy](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vergy): The hilltop stronghold of the lords of Vergy, razed on the orders of Henri IV. (Reulle-Vergy) - [Château de Vosne-Romanée](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-vosne-romanee): The family seat of the Comtes Liger-Belair, owners of the grand cru La Romanée. (Vosne-Romanée) - [Château d’Entre-Deux-Monts](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-d-entre-deux-monts): A 17th-century country house in the hills above Nuits, with moats, a park and truffles. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Château de la Tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-tour): The only estate that makes its wine inside the walls of the Clos de Vougeot. (Vougeot) - [Château de Gilly](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gilly): The former country residence of the abbots of Cîteaux, now a five-star hotel near Vougeot. (Gilly-lès-Cîteaux) - [Château de Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gevrey-chambertin): A 13th-century fortress built by the abbots of Cluny above the old village of Gevrey. (Gevrey-Chambertin) - [Château de Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brochon): A Loire-style château built by the poet who gave the Côte d'Azur its name. (Brochon) - [Manoir de la Perrière](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere): A Cistercian manor above Fixin, with one of the oldest wine presses in Burgundy. (Fixin) - [Château de Montculot](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montculot): The Hautes-Côtes country house linked to the Romantic poet Alphonse de Lamartine. (Urcy) - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. (Marsannay-la-Côte) - [Château de Couchey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-couchey): A medieval fortified house that grew into a château at the western edge of Couchey. (Couchey) - [Château de Saulon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-saulon): A 17th-century classical house in a riverside park south of Dijon, now a hotel. (Saulon-la-Rue) - [Château de Longecourt](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-longecourt): A moated brick castle in the plain, dressed in 18th-century stucco and still lived in. (Longecourt-en-Plaine) - [Château de Bressey-sur-Tille](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-bressey-sur-tille): An 18th-century château east of Dijon with a Palladian-inspired façade added in 1786. (Bressey-sur-Tille) ## Things to do - [Route des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/route-des-grands-crus): Burgundy's historic wine road, about 60 kilometres of vineyards and villages from Dijon to Santenay. (Dijon to Santenay) - [Romanée-Conti Vineyard (Vigne de la Romanée-Conti)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/romanee-conti-vineyard): A vineyard of about 1.8 hectares, marked by a stone cross and famous all over the world. (Vosne-Romanée) - [Cîteaux Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cîteaux)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/abbaye-de-citeaux): The mother house of the Cistercian order, founded in 1098 and still home to monks. (Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux) - [Domaine de Montmain](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-de-montmain-villars-fontaine): A grower's domaine in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits above Nuits-Saint-Georges, open for walk-in tastings and cellar visits. (Villars-Fontaine) - [Église Saint-Symphorien](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-symphorien-nuits-saint-georges): A 13th-century church in the old winegrowers' quarter of Nuits-Saint-Georges, still marked by the Romanesque style. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Dufouleur Frères](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/dufouleur-freres-oenotheque-nuits-saint-georges): A Nuits-Saint-Georges family wine house since 1848, with a tasting room in the former stables of its château. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Caveau Moillard](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/caveau-moillard-nuits-saint-georges): The Nuits-Saint-Georges tasting cellar of the Moillard wine house, the Caveau des Mosaïques. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Nuits-Saint-Georges Museum (Musée de Nuits-Saint-Georges)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-de-nuits-saint-georges): Gallo-Roman and Merovingian finds displayed in the vaulted cellars of a former wine house. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Nuits-Saint-Georges Belfry (Beffroi de Nuits-Saint-Georges)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/beffroi-de-nuits-saint-georges): The 17th-century belfry that has watched over the main square of Nuits-Saint-Georges for four centuries. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Domaine Guy et Yvan Dufouleur](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-guy-et-yvan-dufouleur-nuits-saint-georges): A family of growers in Nuits-Saint-Georges since 1596, selling 28 of its wines at its cellar in the town centre. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Le Cassissium](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/cassissium): A museum and working liqueur house devoted to Burgundy's blackcurrant, with a tasting to finish. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [L’Imaginarium](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/l-imaginarium): A playful wine centre in Nuits-Saint-Georges, with a sound-and-light show and guided tastings. (Nuits-Saint-Georges) - [Saint-Vivant Abbey, Vergy (Abbaye de Saint-Vivant de Vergy)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/abbaye-saint-vivant-de-vergy): Restored ruins of the Cluniac priory whose monks once owned the great vines of Vosne-Romanée. (Curtil-Vergy) - [Fruirouge Farm (Ferme Fruirouge)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/ferme-fruirouge): A family blackcurrant and red fruit farm in the Hautes-Côtes, with visits, a film and tastings. (Nuits-Saint-Georges (hamlet of Concœur)) - [Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-armelle-et-bernard-rion-vosne-romanee): A Vosne-Romanée family domaine since 1896, where tastings pair the wines with Burgundy truffles. (Vosne-Romanée) - [Boursot Père & Fils](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/boursot-pere-et-fils-chambolle-musigny): A Chambolle-Musigny family of winegrowers since 1550, whose grandfather opened the village's first tasting cellar. (Chambolle-Musigny) - [La Grande Cave de Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/la-grande-cave-de-vougeot): A wine shop over 17th-century vaulted cellars at the foot of the Clos de Vougeot, with tastings from all over Burgundy. (Vougeot) - [Combe Lavaux–Jean Roland Nature Reserve (Réserve naturelle de la Combe Lavaux - Jean Roland)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/combe-lavaux-nature-reserve): Limestone cliffs, dry grassland and ravine forest just above the grand cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin. (Gevrey-Chambertin) - [Domaine Gérard Quivy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-gerard-quivy-gevrey-chambertin): A family domaine in an early 18th-century winegrower's mansion, next to the tourist office in Gevrey-Chambertin. (Gevrey-Chambertin) - [Noisot Park and Museum (Parc et Musée Noisot)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/parc-noisot-fixin): A pine-covered hillside above Fixin, created by a loyal grenadier as a shrine to Napoleon. (Fixin) - [Domaine Isabelle Lippe](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-isabelle-lippe-brochon): A small domaine in Brochon run by two women winegrowers, with tastings led by the grower herself. (Brochon) - [Gaugry Cheese Dairy (Fromagerie Gaugry)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-gaugry-brochon): Époisses and Ami du Chambertin from a family cheese dairy on the Route des Grands Crus. (Brochon) - [Saint-Antoine Church, Fixey (Église Saint-Antoine de Fixey)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-antoine-de-fixey): A small Romanesque church above the vines of Fixin, with a stone roof and a glazed-tile bell tower. (Fixin) - [Domaine du Clos Saint-Louis](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-du-clos-saint-louis-fixin): A five-generation family domaine in Fixin, with a vine-to-cellar visit and a tasting in a vaulted cellar. (Fixin) ## Restaurants - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey): A starred tasting table in an eighteenth-century house in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin (Gevrey-Chambertin · 1 MICHELIN star) ## Events - **Friday 9 – Sunday 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Championnat du monde de l’œuf en meurette](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/championnat-monde-oeuf-en-meurette): Chefs from around the world compete to poach Burgundy's favourite egg dish at the Clos de Vougeot. (Food & markets · Vougeot) - **Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Fête du Vin Bourru](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-du-vin-bourru-nuits-saint-georges): Nuits-Saint-Georges toasts the new vintage with cloudy, still-fermenting bourru. (Wine festival · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Saturday 5 – Sunday 6 December 2026 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [Caves ouvertes de Fixin et Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/caves-ouvertes-fixin-brochon): Thirteen estates of Fixin and Brochon open their cellars on a December weekend. (Wine festival · Fixin) - **Sunday, 14 March 2027 (Expected dates, not yet confirmed)** · [Vente des Vins des Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/hospices-de-nuits-wine-auction): The Côte de Nuits' own charity wine auction, held each spring since 1961. (Wine auction · Vougeot) - **Usually a weekend in early March.** · [Journées Gourmandes de Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/journees-gourmandes-marsannay): A long-running spring food fair at the northern gate of the Route des Grands Crus. (Food & markets · Marsannay-la-Côte) - **Usually the Saturday and Sunday of the Hospices de Nuits sale weekend, in early to mid March.** · [Salon des Vignerons de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-des-vignerons-nuits-saint-georges): Forty Nuits-Saint-Georges growers pour their wines on the weekend of the Hospices sale. (Wine festival · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Usually the Saturday of the Hospices de Nuits sale weekend, in early to mid March.** · [Semi-marathon de Nuits-Saint-Georges](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/semi-marathon-nuits-saint-georges): A half marathon through the grands crus, run on the weekend of the Hospices de Nuits sale. (Sport · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Usually a Sunday in late March or early April.** · [Trail du Tacot](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/trail-du-tacot-gevrey-chambertin): A village trail race from the vines of Gevrey-Chambertin up to the cliffs above. (Sport · Gevrey-Chambertin) - **Usually a Sunday in mid May.** · [Balade gourmande des Bonnes-Mares aux Musigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/balade-gourmande-bonnes-mares-musigny): An eight-kilometre gourmet walk between two of Chambolle-Musigny's grands crus. (Food & markets · Chambolle-Musigny) - **Long held over five days in late August and early September; in 2026 it moved to a May weekend and an early-October weekend.** · [Festival Musique au Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-musique-au-chambertin): Classical concerts and tastings in the wine villages around Gevrey-Chambertin since 1988. (Music · Gevrey-Chambertin) - **Usually the last week of May.** · [Festival Volcan de Nuits](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/festival-volcan-de-nuits): A small festival of music, art and food that erupts in Nuits-Saint-Georges each spring. (Music · Nuits-Saint-Georges) - **Friday evenings through the summer, from late May.** · [Les Vin’dredis de la Halle](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/vindredis-halle-chambertin): Summer Friday tastings and gourmet evenings at the Halle Chambertin in Gevrey. (Wine festival · Gevrey-Chambertin) - **Every Whitsun (Pentecost) weekend, from Saturday to Monday, in May or June.** · [Reulle-Vergy en fête (Carrefour artisanal)](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/reulle-vergy-en-fete): A Hautes-Côtes village fête of crafts and local food over the Whitsun weekend. (Tradition · Reulle-Vergy) - **Usually a Sunday in early June.** · [La Patarate Gourmande](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/patarate-gourmande-marsannay): A six-kilometre walk through the Marsannay vineyard with a meal served in five stops. (Food & markets · Marsannay-la-Côte) - **Usually a week at the end of June.** · [Musique & Vin au Clos Vougeot](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/musique-et-vin-au-clos-vougeot): Chamber music and great Burgundy wines at the Clos de Vougeot at the end of June. (Music · Vougeot) - **Usually the last weekend of September.** · [Livres en Vignes](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/livres-en-vignes-clos-de-vougeot): A free book festival with about a hundred writers at the Château du Clos de Vougeot. (Culture · Vougeot) ## Guides - [Côte de Nuits vs Côte de Beaune: how Burgundy’s two great slopes differ](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/cote-de-nuits-vs-cote-de-beaune): Red heartland or red-and-white? The two halves of the Côte d'Or side by side. - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay for Burgundy’s wine villages](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay): Distances, hotels, evenings and trains: how to choose between Beaune and Dijon as your base. - [The grand crus of Burgundy: all 33, with village, colour and size](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-grand-crus): Every grand cru from Chambertin to Chablis, from 0.85 hectares to about 100. - [Burgundy wine tour itineraries from Beaune: half a day, one day, two days and three days](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wine-tour-itineraries): Village routes from Beaune for half a day to three days, with timings, tastings and lunch stops. - [The Climats of Burgundy: what UNESCO listed in 2015, and how to see it](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/climats-of-burgundy-unesco): 1,247 named vineyard plots, two historic towns and a World Heritage listing since 2015. - [Which famous Burgundy domaines can you visit? Romanée-Conti, the grand names and the houses that receive you](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/famous-burgundy-domaines-you-can-visit): Which estates receive no one, which by appointment, which open every day, and what to see from the road. ## Questions ### Côte de Nuits: how far are its villages from Beaune? By road, 19 min to 35 min from Beaune: Premeaux-Prissey is the nearest of its wine villages, Marsannay-la-Côte the farthest. ### Côte de Nuits: which wine tour goes there? Our half-day wine tour plus one hour from Beaune: 5 hours with a licensed private driver for €360 per car, up to 4 guests. Your driver plans the route and helps you book the tastings, which you pay to the domaines. → [Half-day wine tour plus one hour, €360](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ### Côte de Nuits: which villages have grands crus? Its 24 grands crus lie in 6 villages: Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, Chambolle-Musigny, Morey-Saint-Denis, Flagey-Échezeaux, Vougeot. ## Other wine regions - [Côte de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/cote-de-beaune) - [Côte Chalonnaise](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/cote-chalonnaise) - [Mâconnais](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/maconnais) - [Chablis & Auxerrois](https://www.cote-privee.com/regions/chablis) ## Book - [Book this tour](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=village:gevrey,village:vosne,village:nuits): Half-day wine tour plus one hour, €360 · 5 hours · Per vehicle · 1–4 guests ## Sources - - - - --- Canonical page: