--- title: "Fixin, Burgundy: Wine Tasting and Parc Noisot" description: "Deep, age-worthy Pinot Noir from 6 premier crus, and a Napoleon bronze by François Rude in Parc Noisot. 35 min from Beaune by private driver." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin lang: en updated: 2026-09-28 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/villages/fixin.png --- # Fixin > Fixin: a quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. Fixin is a wine village (Côte de Nuits), 35 min by road (35 km) from Beaune. Red and white wines · 6 premiers crus · Private driver from Beaune: €125 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Fixin, pronounced Fissin, is a small village between Dijon and Gevrey-Chambertin. Its wines are mostly red, deep in colour and built to age. Above the village, a park created by one of Napoleon's old soldiers holds a famous bronze by the sculptor François Rude. ## Key facts - Type: Wine village - Region: Côte de Nuits - Location: 25 km north-east of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - Coordinates: 47.2459, 4.9741 - 35 min from Beaune - Red and white wines - 6 premiers crus - Appellations: Fixin, Côte de Nuits-Villages - Grapes: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay - From Beaune: ≈ 35 min · 35 km - €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 ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 35 min by road (35 km), €125 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History Fixin's name appears in records from the ninth century. In 1860 the village merged with its hamlet of Fixey, home to the church of Saint-Antoine. It began as an oratory in 902, making it one of the oldest Romanesque buildings on the Côte de Nuits. The monks of Cîteaux later held the manor of La Perrière, where, as the story goes, they came for fresh air and good wine. Fixin's most colourful figure is Claude Noisot, a grenadier of Napoleon's Imperial Guard who followed the emperor to Elba. In retirement he turned his land above the village into a park and museum in Napoleon's honour. His friend, the sculptor François Rude, created the bronze Napoleon Awakening to Immortality, unveiled in 1847. Noisot died in Fixin in 1861 and left the park to the commune. ## The wines Fixin's appellation, created in 1936, covers Fixin and part of Brochon. Most of it is red Pinot Noir, with a few plots of Chardonnay. The six premiers crus lie high on the slope, at 350 to 380 metres, on brown limestone soils, a little more marly in Hervelets. The red is called a winter wine: deep violet, with cherry and blackcurrant, firm when young and rounder with bottle age. Wines from here may also be sold as Côte de Nuits-Villages. **Well-known premiers crus (6 premiers crus)**: Clos de la Perrière, Clos Napoléon, Clos du Chapitre, Hervelets, Arvelets, Les Meix Bas ## What to see ### Parc Noisot A wooded park above the village, with a small Napoleonic museum and Rude's bronze of the emperor. At the far end, the Hundred Steps honour Napoleon's Hundred Days. ### Église Saint-Antoine de Fixey In the hamlet of Fixey, this small Romanesque church stands among the vines. It began as an oratory in 902, and its square tower is covered in glazed tiles. ### The village wash house Built in 1827, Fixin's wash house is fed by the iron-rich Chaulois spring, once valued for its health benefits. The water still leaves an ochre tint on the stone. ### Combe de Fixin Behind the village, this dry valley is popular with walkers and climbers. It has more than 200 climbing routes and paths up to the clifftops, with wide views over the combe. ## Good to know Allow an hour to ninety minutes. Walk up to Parc Noisot, then drive the short way to Fixey's church. Fixin pairs easily with Marsannay to the north and Gevrey-Chambertin just to the south. ## Did you know? Claude Noisot asked to be buried standing, sword drawn, facing his emperor's statue. The rock proved too hard to dig, so he lies at rest in his park in the usual way. ## Around Fixin What to combine with Fixin on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): Nine grands crus, more than any other Burgundy village, led by Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (3 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Morey-Saint-Denis](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/morey-saint-denis) (6 km away): A village of walled clos, with five grands crus between Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny. ### Châteaux - [Manoir de la Perrière](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere) (1 km away): A Cistercian manor above Fixin, with one of the oldest wine presses in Burgundy. - [Château de Brochon](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-brochon) (1 km away): A Loire-style château built by the poet who gave the Côte d'Azur its name. - [Château de Couchey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-couchey) (2 km away): A medieval fortified house that grew into a château at the western edge of Couchey. - [Château de Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): A 13th-century fortress built by the abbots of Cluny above the old village of Gevrey. ### Things to do - [Domaine du Clos Saint-Louis](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-du-clos-saint-louis-fixin) (1 km away): A five-generation family domaine in Fixin, with a vine-to-cellar visit and a tasting in a vaulted cellar. - [Saint-Antoine Church, Fixey (Église Saint-Antoine de Fixey)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-antoine-de-fixey), 1 km away: A small Romanesque church above the vines of Fixin, with a stone roof and a glazed-tile bell tower. - [Domaine Isabelle Lippe](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-isabelle-lippe-brochon) (1 km away): A small domaine in Brochon run by two women winegrowers, with tastings led by the grower herself. - [Noisot Park and Museum (Parc et Musée Noisot)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/parc-noisot-fixin), 1 km away: A pine-covered hillside above Fixin, created by a loyal grenadier as a shrine to Napoleon. - [Gaugry Cheese Dairy (Fromagerie Gaugry)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-gaugry-brochon), 1 km away: Époisses and Ami du Chambertin from a family cheese dairy on the Route des Grands Crus. - [Domaine Gérard Quivy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-gerard-quivy-gevrey-chambertin) (2 km away): A family domaine in an early 18th-century winegrower's mansion, next to the tourist office in Gevrey-Chambertin. - [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), 3 km away: Limestone cliffs, dry grassland and ravine forest just above the grand cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin. ### Restaurants - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey) (2 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred tasting table in an eighteenth-century house in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin - [Origine](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/origine-dijon) (9 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A Lameloise-trained Japanese chef cooking Burgundy's seasons on place Wilson - [William Frachot](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/william-frachot-dijon) (10 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge ### Events - **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) ### Guides about Fixin - [Wine tour itineraries from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-wine-tour-itineraries) - [Côte de Nuits vs Côte de Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/cote-de-nuits-vs-cote-de-beaune) ## Questions about Fixin ### How far is Fixin from Beaune? Fixin is about 35 min from Beaune by road (35 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €125 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### What wines is Fixin known for? Fixin makes mostly red wines under these appellations: Fixin, Côte de Nuits-Villages. It has 6 premiers crus. Its best-known premiers crus include Clos de la Perrière, Clos Napoléon, Clos du Chapitre. ### Can you taste wine in Fixin? Yes. Many domaines in Fixin receive visitors, usually by appointment. On a wine tour your driver plans the route and helps you book the tastings, which you pay directly to the domaines. ### Can a private driver take us to Fixin? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Half-day wine tour plus one hour, €360](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=wine-tour&option=half&place=village:fixin): Half-day wine tour plus one hour from Beaune: €360 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: