Situated in the Cote de Beaune, where smaller valleys cut through the ridge of vineyards that flow down from the Cote de Nuits, the 140 ha of vineyards of Auxey-Duresses lie within such a deep cleft of the ridge, slicing westwards for a mere 3km from the outskirts of Meursault into the hills where a mesoclimate gives a degree more warmth, the aspect is south east facing, or the better vines, and the soil is an ideal combination of limestone under a scraping of reddish clay for the higher vineyards, with thicker clay and marl soils lower down. What makes Auxey-Duresses so unique however, is its ability to make wines similar in style to a good Meursault, but with a degree more bracing acidity, elegance and lightness of touch, less honeyed and a little more saline – making a dry white with less ageing, but more appeal earlier in its life.
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