The Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains rouge is a Dry red wine. It falls into the category of still wine. It is produced in the Vineyards of Burgundy, in the east of France and more precisely in the wine regions of Chablis, Côte de nuits, Côte de Beaune, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâcon. Administratively, it can be produced in the departments of Côte-d'Or, Yonne, Saône-et-Loire and Rhône.
Its vineyard benefits from a temperate-oceanic and semi-continental Climate and a Terroir made of clay-limestone soil. The main Grape varieties used to make Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains red wine are: Gamay N, Pinot N. The Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains red has the French label AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) as well as the European label AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protégée). This wine comes under the Generic appellation Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains.
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