--- title: "Gevrey-Chambertin: Wine Tasting and 9 Grand Crus" description: "Nine of Burgundy's 33 grand crus, more than any other village, led by Chambertin and Clos de Bèze. Tastings 32 min from Beaune by private driver." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/gevrey-chambertin lang: en updated: 2026-09-28 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/villages/gevrey-chambertin.png --- # Gevrey-Chambertin > Gevrey-Chambertin: Nine grands crus, more than any other Burgundy village, led by Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. Gevrey-Chambertin is a wine village (Côte de Nuits), 32 min by road (30 km) from Beaune. Red wine · 9 grands crus · Private driver from Beaune: €115 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Coming from Dijon, Gevrey-Chambertin is where the Côte's great line of grands crus begins, and it is the most decorated village of all: nine of Burgundy's 33 grands crus lie here. The old village sits at the mouth of the Combe de Lavaux, with a medieval castle, an old church and streets of winegrowers' houses. ## Key facts - Type: Wine village - Region: Côte de Nuits - Location: 25 km north-east of Beaune · Côte de Nuits - Coordinates: 47.2258, 4.9716 - 32 min from Beaune - Red wine - 9 grands crus - Appellations: Gevrey-Chambertin - Grapes: Pinot Noir - Premiers crus: 26 - Name since: 1847 - From Beaune: ≈ 32 min · 30 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): 32 min by road (30 km), €115 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 Gevrey grew up at the mouth of the Combe de Lavaux, below the hills. In the seventh century, tradition says, Duke Amalgaire gave land here to the Abbey of Bèze, the origin of the Clos de Bèze, one of the oldest named vineyards on the Côte. In 1219 the abbey ceded the clos to the canons of Langres Cathedral, who held it for centuries. The Abbey of Cluny also held land here and, from about 1257, fortified its priory into the castle that still overlooks the old village. The Chambertin vineyard has carried its name since the 13th century, and Chambertin is said to have been Napoleon's favourite wine. In 1847 King Louis-Philippe allowed Gevrey to add Chambertin to its name, a move many other villages later copied. ## The wines Gevrey makes red wine only, from Pinot Noir. The appellation has 26 premiers crus, mostly high on the slope between 280 and 380 metres, where thin brown limestone soils sit over marls, scree and red silt washed down from the plateau. The gravels bring finesse and the fossil-rich marls bring body. Young wines show strawberry, blackberry and violet; with age come liquorice, leather and forest-floor notes. These are powerful, long-lived wines. **All the grands crus (9)**: Chambertin, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, Chapelle-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Griotte-Chambertin, Latricières-Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Ruchottes-Chambertin **Well-known premiers crus (26 premiers crus)**: Clos Saint-Jacques, Lavaut Saint-Jacques, Les Cazetiers, Combe au Moine, Aux Combottes, Estournelles-Saint-Jacques ## What to see ### The castle Fortified by the monks of Cluny in the 13th century, Gevrey's castle is a listed historic monument. It is private, but the square in front looks over the old village and the vines. ### Halle Chambertin The village's old market hall now houses the tourist office and an interactive visitor space on the winegrower's work, the UNESCO-listed Climats and the nearby Combe Lavaux nature reserve. ### Combe Lavaux nature reserve A national nature reserve since 2004, the combe behind the village offers cool woodland paths, limestone cliffs and an interpretation trail, a welcome break on a warm afternoon. ### The grand cru road Drive or walk the Route des Grands Crus south of the village towards Morey-Saint-Denis. Chambertin, Clos de Bèze and the other grands crus line the slope along the road. ## Good to know Allow ninety minutes to two hours for a tasting, a walk through the old village and a look at the grands crus. Gevrey pairs naturally with Morey-Saint-Denis and Chambolle-Musigny just to the south. ## Did you know? In 2008 archaeologists in Gevrey uncovered neat rows of planting pits from a Gallo-Roman vineyard on the plain. Street signs for the Rue des Vignes Romaines now recall the site. ## Around Gevrey-Chambertin What to combine with Gevrey-Chambertin on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (2 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. - [Morey-Saint-Denis](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/morey-saint-denis) (3 km away): A village of walled clos, with five grands crus between Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny. - [Chambolle-Musigny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chambolle-musigny) (5 km away): A small village known for silky, perfumed reds, the grand cru Musigny and the prized Les Amoureuses. ### Châteaux - [Château de Gevrey-Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-gevrey-chambertin) (1 km away): A 13th-century fortress built by the abbots of Cluny above the old village of Gevrey. - [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. - [Manoir de la Perrière](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/manoir-de-la-perriere) (2 km away): A Cistercian manor above Fixin, with one of the oldest wine presses in Burgundy. - [Château de Couchey](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-couchey) (4 km away): A medieval fortified house that grew into a château at the western edge of Couchey. - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (5 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Domaine Gérard Quivy](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-gerard-quivy-gevrey-chambertin) (1 km away): A family domaine in an early 18th-century winegrower's mansion, next to the tourist office in Gevrey-Chambertin. - [Gaugry Cheese Dairy (Fromagerie Gaugry)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/fromagerie-gaugry-brochon), 2 km away: Époisses and Ami du Chambertin from a family cheese dairy on the Route des Grands Crus. - [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), 2 km away: Limestone cliffs, dry grassland and ravine forest just above the grand cru vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin. - [Domaine Isabelle Lippe](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-isabelle-lippe-brochon) (2 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), 2 km away: A pine-covered hillside above Fixin, created by a loyal grenadier as a shrine to Napoleon. - [Domaine du Clos Saint-Louis](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-du-clos-saint-louis-fixin) (3 km away): A five-generation family domaine in Fixin, with a vine-to-cellar visit and a tasting in a vaulted cellar. ### Restaurants - [La Table d’Hôte, La Rôtisserie du Chambertin](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-table-d-hote-rotisserie-du-chambertin-gevrey) (1 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) (11 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) (12 km away · 2 MICHELIN stars): Dijon's two-star table, reinventing Burgundy's classics inside the Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (12 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion ### Events - **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) - **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) - **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) ### Guides about Gevrey-Chambertin - [Beaune or Dijon: where to stay](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/beaune-or-dijon-where-to-stay) - [Burgundy day trip from Paris](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-day-trip-from-paris) - [The grand crus of Burgundy](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-grand-crus) - [Burgundy’s grape varieties](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-grape-varieties) - [What a private wine tour costs](https://www.cote-privee.com/guides/burgundy-private-wine-tour-cost) ## Questions about Gevrey-Chambertin ### How far is Gevrey-Chambertin from Beaune? Gevrey-Chambertin is about 32 min from Beaune by road (30 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €115 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### What wines is Gevrey-Chambertin known for? Gevrey-Chambertin makes mostly red wines under these appellations: Gevrey-Chambertin. Its grands crus: Chambertin, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze, Chapelle-Chambertin, Charmes-Chambertin, Griotte-Chambertin, Latricières-Chambertin, Mazis-Chambertin, Mazoyères-Chambertin, Ruchottes-Chambertin. It has 26 premiers crus. Its best-known premiers crus include Clos Saint-Jacques, Lavaut Saint-Jacques, Les Cazetiers. ### Can you taste wine in Gevrey-Chambertin? Yes. Many domaines in Gevrey-Chambertin 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 Gevrey-Chambertin? 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:gevrey): Half-day wine tour plus one hour from Beaune: €360 for the car, up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - - - - - --- Canonical page: