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Saint-Aubin

A side-valley village behind the Montrachet hill, and the best-value white Burgundy on the Côte d’Or.

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What to expect in the glass

Dry, brisk, citrussy Chardonnay with a stony edge and light oak. Less weighty than Puligny and a fraction of the price.

About Saint-Aubin

Saint-Aubin lies in a valley running back behind Puligny and Chassagne, at higher elevation and on thinner soils. Its best Premier Crus — En Remilly and Les Murgers des Dents de Chien — sit directly above Le Montrachet, on the same slope.

The wines are leaner and more nervy than Puligny, and they have been the Côte d’Or’s reliable value proposition for two decades. Warmer growing seasons have suited the village’s cooler, higher sites considerably.

Around three-quarters of the appellation is white.

What the name means

Legal name
Saint-Aubin AOC
Type
Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée / Protégée (AOC / AOP)
Set by
INAO
Regulates
Origin, plus grape varieties, maximum yields, minimum ageing.

The delimited area, permitted varieties, maximum yields, minimum alcohol, pruning and training methods, and in many cases minimum ageing. Administered by INAO.

Grapes

Wines from here

white

White Burgundy

Barrel-fermented Chardonnay from the Côte de Beaune and Mâconnais — the model every serious oaked Chardonnay in the world is measured against.

Rules worth knowing

Confirmed in the EU register

Saint-Aubin is registered as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), file number PDO-FR-A0822, protected at EU level since 1973.

Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

Only the rules that change what to expect in the glass or on the label. WineHQ does not reproduce production specifications, and each entry carries the date it was last checked because appellation rules change.

The designation is confirmed above. WineHQ has not read this appellation’s production specification, so it publishes no yields, ageing minima or permitted-variety lists for it — those come from the document linked above, not from a summary of it.

What to eat, and how to serve it

Derived from this region’s signature styles. Each is listed separately, because a region does not have one serving temperature.

White Burgundy

Serve at 10–13°C (lightly chilled).

Try with salmon in a cream sauce, halibut or scallops.

Where to go next

Places worth trying if you like this one — neighbours, rivals, and the obvious step across.

  • Puligny-Montrachet — The most precise and mineral-toned of the great white villages, sharing Montrachet itself with its neighbour Chassagne.
  • Chassagne-Montrachet — The southern half of the Montrachet hill, historically a red-wine village and now overwhelmingly white.

Sources

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