World Heritage Identification Number: 1425
World Heritage since: 2015
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇫🇷 France
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Climats, Terroirs of Burgundy: A Cultural Landscape of Wine Production
The Climats, Terroirs of Burgundy, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015, represents a remarkable cultural landscape that showcases the longstanding tradition of viticulture and wine production in the Burgundy region of France. This site encompasses two distinct yet interconnected components: the vineyards and their surrounding production units, and the historic center of Dijon, embodying the political and regulatory forces that shaped the climats system.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The climates are precisely delimited vineyard parcels on the slopes of the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune south of the city of Dijon. They differ from one another due to specific natural conditions (geology and exposure) as well as vine types and have been shaped by human cultivation. Over time they came to be recognized by the wine they produce. This cultural landscape consists of two parts. Firstly, the vineyards and associated production units including villages and the town of Beaune, which together represent the commercial dimension of the production system. The second part includes the historic centre of Dijon, which embodies the political regulatory impetus that gave birth to the climats system. The site is an outstanding example of grape cultivation and wine production developed since the High Middle Ages.
Encyclopedia Record: Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
Climats, terroirs of Burgundy is a cultural landscape and a series of sites that exemplify the viticulture practices of the Burgundy wine region. The climats are small, precisely delimited land parcels that differ from each other in microclimate, geography, soil, and grape type. The Burgundy climats are the birthplace of the terroir system of French wine, where each geographical region has its own unique wine. The region was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015 because of its historic significance and its importance in the production and development of wine.Additional Site Details
Area: 13,219 hectares
(v) — Outstanding example of traditional human settlement
Coordinates: 47.0580555556 , 4.8644444444
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