Dijon Wine Country: the Route des Grands Crus, Village by Village

The route at a glance

Read the table from top to bottom and you are driving south. The times in the last column come from each tour's own itinerary.

Kilometre zero: the Côte de Dijon

You start in a city that was once a vineyard. From the 14th century Dijon had its own vines on the slopes of Dijon, Chenôve and Marsannay-la-Côte. Until the late 19th century more than a thousand hectares grew inside the city, before the houses covered them. On place François Rude, the bronze grape-picker on the fountain still remembers them.

The first village out of town is Marsannay, which holds its own appellation over 600 hectares. The Château de Marsannay offers visits and tastings in vaulted cellars built in the Cistercian style. The private two-day tour begins its first morning here, then drives on to Gevrey-Chambertin.

Gevrey-Chambertin, where most mornings pour first

Gevrey-Chambertin is the first Grand Cru village south of Dijon, and it is where your glass is most likely to be filled first. The full day from Place Darcy spends 90 minutes at a winery here. The four-hour Côte de Nuits morning gives it two hours. The e-bike day on this côte opens and closes with a cellar in the village. On the vintage van you drive the road between Chambertin and Romanée-Conti and stop to walk the slopes.

Vougeot and the walled Clos

Monks of the Abbey of Cîteaux founded the Clos de Vougeot in the 12th century as a wine farm. A Renaissance château followed in the 16th, and the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin has met there since 1945. Its wall still closes almost 51 hectares of vines in a single piece.

Most days pass it. The e-bike day rides by, the lunch day from Saint-Bénigne stops for photographs, and the private Côte de Nuits day leaves the entry optional and extra. Only the private day with the entry paid gives you an hour inside. On your own, the château opens daily, with an English tour at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm for EUR 15.

Vosne-Romanée and the Romanée-Conti vineyard

Vosne-Romanée is the village of Romanée-Conti, the most photographed vineyard on the route. You see it as nearly every visitor does, from the edge of the vines. The vintage van drives there, the e-bike day rides to it, and a private Côte de Nuits day stops beside it. None of them goes inside the domaine or pours its wine, so take the photograph and taste the village's other wines at the estate your day books.

Nuits-Saint-Georges and the Hautes-Côtes

Nuits-Saint-Georges gives the Côte de Nuits its name and marks its southern end. The e-bike day stops here for an hour. The four-hour morning from Place Darcy pours its second wines here or up in the Hautes-Côtes, the higher slopes behind the village.

Aloxe-Corton and Beaune

South of Nuits the Côte de Beaune begins, and the first landmark is the hill of Corton above Aloxe-Corton. The Authentica day stops for the view over it, and the two-day tour spends part of its second morning in the village.

Beaune is where the full days break. The Place Darcy day gives it a tasting and two hours in the old town, around Place Carnot and past the Hospices de Beaune, whose entrance is not in the fare. Lunch is at your own cost on that day. On Sunday 15 November 2026 the Hospices hold their 166th wine sale here, after two days of festivities.

Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet: the white end

Meursault is white-wine country, and the tourist office says the Château de Meursault keeps 800,000 bottles in its cellar. The lunch day from Saint-Bénigne spends two hours at a Meursault cellar, and the Place Darcy full day pours its third wines near the village.

Puligny-Montrachet is the home of the Montrachet whites. The same lunch day spends two hours at an estate here and a quarter of an hour in the village. The e-bike day starts its ride in Meursault and offers an optional hour's ride toward Montrachet. Beyond, the route runs on to Santenay, and the Climats continue to Maranges, 50 km south of Dijon.

Three things most people drive past

• The grape-picker in Dijon. The statue on place François Rude, the last trace of the city's own vineyard.
• The medieval presses at Vougeot. Inside the château, on a day with the entry or on your own.
• The chapel in the Cité. Sainte-Croix de Jérusalem, built in 1459, now part of the Cité at kilometre zero.

The order that works

1. Morning on the Côte de Nuits. It is nearer, and its reds come first.
2. Lunch in Beaune. The halfway point, with the old town to walk.
3. Afternoon on the Côte de Beaune. Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, whites to finish.

That is the shape of most full days on Burgundy wine tours from Dijon. Each village is described in more detail on the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune page, and every kerb is on the map.

Days that drive or ride the Côte de Nuits

Dijon: Burgundy Small-group Vintage Van Tour

Three hours from your Dijon hotel's reception along the road between Chambertin and Romanée-Conti, with walks on the slopes and about five wines in a cellar. The operator may change the vehicle.

From $112 per person

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Full-Day Private Wine Tour in Côte de Nuits

A private minivan from your hotel, Place Darcy or Beaune at 9:30 am through the Côte de Nuits: Gevrey-Chambertin, the Romanée-Conti vineyard, 10 to 15 wines. The Clos de Vougeot entry is optional and extra.

From $492 per person

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1 Day E-Bike and wine tour in Cote de Nuits from Dijon

An e-bike day from 78 rue Monge at 9:30 am: a Gevrey-Chambertin cellar, the ride past the Clos de Vougeot to the Romanée-Conti vineyard, an hour in Nuits-Saint-Georges, and lunch in the fare.

From $579 per person

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