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Cote de Nuits-Villages |
 | | The Côte de Nuits is the northern of the two districts of the Côte d'Or, a narrow, eleven-mile ribbon of vineyards stretching from Marsannay, at the outskirts to Dijon, to Corgoloin, which adjoins Ladoix-Serrigny, the first commune of the Côte de Beaune. |
 | | As a general rule, the wines of the Côte de Nuits, due to the high content of chalky clay in the soils, are somewhat fuller, earthier, more complex and more tannic wines than those of the Côte de Beaune, but exceptions abound to this observation, particularly in the case of grand and premier cru wines. |
 | | In sharp contrast to the Côte de Beaune, only five villages, comprising 765 acres of vineyards, are entitled to the Côte de Nuits-Villages appellation, and only one of these, Fixin, with 265 acres of village-level vineyards, is alternately entitled to its own communal appellation. |
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