We scored every classified plot in Burgundy on what it stands on and how it sits: rock, slope, height, sun, water. No prices, no points, no names. What comes back is a map of the ground, not of the classification.
Each plot carries one score out of 10 for the place itself; the vintage is added when you name a year. Nothing you can buy moves a score: not a price, not a critic, not an owner.
118 classified plots share a boundary with one of the 29 Grands Crus. Their ground scores within a whisker of the famous name next door, and 326 plots outside any Grand Cru stand on the same rock as one, averaging 6.79. Move more than 3 km away and the average drops to 4.58.
The classification was drawn on a map by people. The rock, the slope and the sun were not consulted, and they carry on across the line.
Vosne-Romanée village plots run from 3.93 to 7.29. A village wine from the top of that range stands on better ground than most Premiers Crus; one from the bottom stands on ground the score cannot flatter. The village name narrows it less than you would think.
That is why a bottle is scored on its own plot when we can place it there, and only falls back to the village when we cannot.
Plots on marl average 5.52; plots on limestone 4.85. Height matters more than either: the band from 250–300 m averages 6.65, while the lowest plots on the slope (200–250 m) average 6.24 and the highest (400–450 m) 5.03.
Place is eight-tenths of a wine's score; the year is the last two. The twelve most recent vintages, 2024 back to 2013.
The score, the ground it stands on, the year, and what else on the shelf stands on better ground for less. Free, no account. Merchants: put it on your list and every guest gets the same answer.
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