Brochon

Brochon is a commune and a wine village in Burgundy, in the department of Côte -d'Or. The municipality has 649 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011), located at an altitude 262-546 m above sea level. It has an area of ​​746 acres, on the south by Gevrey- Chambertin and on the north by Fixin.

Wine region Brochon

A separate appeal has not Brochon, although the situation is quite comparable with Gevrey- Chambertin. Therefore, the southern locations may call themselves also Gevrey- Chambertin, while the other layers are marketed under the appellation Côte de Nuits -Villages. Except in the northern layers forms a small parcel of Premier Cru Clos de la Perrière, most of which is located on the bottom of the municipality Fixin. Wines from this plot are marketed under the AOC Fixin. Is cultivated pinot noir, which is expanded to classic wines.

Attractions

• The Brochon lock ( also called Château Stéphen Liégeard ), built in 1895-1898 in the style of Neo - Renaissance, since 1962, serves as a lycée de l' éducation nationale ( the national high school education). The whole palace complex was previously powered by a wind pump that Éolienne, with water.

Community partnership

• Weinolsheim in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland -Palatinate ( Germany )