A choice unique in the French wine-growing fraternity, the Burgundian growers have selected just one, but also the noblest, principal variety of vine to produce red wine,. The tale goes that Pinot gets its name from the shape of the bunch which resembles a pinecone (pomme de pin). The grapes are smaller than average, and the blue of the grape skins, with its violet tints, is so deep that the word black is used. A grape with complex aromas, the Pinot noir particularly favours the limestone soils of the Côte de Nuits, where the relief is broken up by narrow faults which allow the water to penetrate.
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