Côte d'Or
The Côte d'Or is the heart of Burgundy (Bourgogne), home to all 33 of its Grands Crus and the Route des Grands Crus. It splits into two stretches (source: compass_artifact_wf-5af489e6...):
Côte de Nuits (north — great reds)
The red-wine pilgrimage. Famous villages: Marsannay (the only Burgundy appellation making red, white and rosé), Fixin, Gevrey-Chambertin (9 Grands Crus), Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny (perfumed, silky reds — Musigny, Les Amoureuses), Vougeot / Clos de Vougeot (Clos de Vougeot), Vosne-Romanée (Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg), and Nuits-Saint-Georges (source).
Côte de Beaune (south — great whites plus reds)
Aloxe-Corton (Corton reds, Corton-Charlemagne whites), Pommard (structured, dark reds), Volnay (elegant, silky reds), Meursault (rich Chardonnay), Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet (the greatest dry whites — Le Montrachet), and Santenay at the southern end (source: compass_artifact_wf-5af489e6...).
Beaune sits between the two côtes and is the ideal base.
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