Which wine producing area of France is famous for wines such as Beaune and Nuits Saint-Georges?
Nuits-Saint-Georges Nuits-Saint-Georges Nuits-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the arrondissement of Beaune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It lies in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Nuits-Saint-Georges is the main town of the Côte de Nuits wine-producing area of Burgundy. Nuits-Saint-Georges was the site of the traditional Burgundian festival, "la Saint-Vincent-Tournante", in 2007. It is a festival that celebrates the wine of a different Burgundian village each year. The local marble is a sedimentary rock, a limestone, that is not susceptible to frost damage. It is fine-grained and capable of accepting a polish. There is a vein of this stone, called popularly
Nuits-Saint-Georges wine Nuits-Saint-Georges, which is the subregions largest town, and which used to play an important role in the trading of these wines. There are 41 "climats" within the Nuits-Saint-Georges AOC classified as "Premier Cru" vineyards. The wines of these vineyards are designated "Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru" + vineyard name, or may be labelled just "Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru", in which case it is possible to blend wine from several Premier Cru vineyards within the AOC. In 2007 of the total Nuits-Saint-Georges vineyard surface consisted of Premier Cru vineyards, of which red and white Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru. The annual production of Premier Cru wine,