Grown on limestone soil strewn with small pebbles and clay particles, the two Chambertin grands crus (25 hectares) are sheltered from the west winds by the woods at the top of the hillside. Alongside Chambertin, an appellation supposedly originating as "champ de Bertin" (Bertin's field, Bertin having been the owner in the 18th century), the Clos de Bèze is the oldest recorded cru in Burgundy. It takes its name from the monks of the abbey of Bèze, who first discovered the remarkable qualities of the local soil in the 7th century.
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