Cotes de Nuits Region Attractions

Chambolle-Musigny is a village tucked into a valley in the Côte d'Or. Estates of special note include: Daniel Moine-Hudelot, Domaine Jacques-Frédérique Mugnier, Domaine G. Roumier, Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé and Gaston Barthod-Noëllat.

Attractions in the village include a 16th C. church with a separate tower and an ancient hollow lime tree in the churchyard. There is also an arch erected for Henri IV.

In the village of Fixin itself there is a museum dedicated to Napoleon in the Parc Noiset. It is also the site of the grave of Noiset, a former captain of the Imperial Guard.

Gevrey-Chambertin forms its own appellation offers southerly or southeasterly exposure to a line of Premiers Crus. There are two dozen land owners in the 32 acres around Chambertin.

Sights in the village include a 10th C castle with vaulted cellars and a 13th C church with exquisite wooden carvings and decorated tombstones.

After Beaune, Nuits-St-Georges is Burgundy's second most important center.

Sights in the town itself include finds from the Gallo-Roman excavations at Les Bolards on display in the 17th C. bell tower and the church of St-Symphorien (late Romanesque).

The Château de Vougeot is a must-see. It houses a monumental kitchen and 14th C presses. Today it is the headquarters of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin de Bourgogne, an organization which promotes burgundy competitions, ceremonies and atmospheric dinners.