Meursault

Meursault is a commune and a wine village in Burgundy, Côte-d'Or department. The municipality has 1516 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011), located at an altitude of 243 meters above the sea. and has an area of 1622 hectares. Meursault is about 7 km south of Beaune and is bordered to the south by Puligny-Montrachet and Blagny and north-west of Monthelie and north of Volnay. Meursault is part of the Côte de Beaune. The inhabitants are called Murisaltiens.

First mentioned as a wine can be found in a deed from the year in 1098 by Duke Odo I. to the abbey Citeaux.

In Meursault some of the greatest white wines of France grow. The price of a bottle is rarely below 15 euros, the average price level moves at 25 to 35 euros per bottle (as of 2005).

Meursault wine region

The appellation Meursault (Appellation d' Origine since May 21, 1970) has 17 Premier Cru sites. Are grown almost exclusively white wines from Chardonnay grapes. The yield is limited for the normal local appellation at 45 hectoliters / hectare. By derogation must yield to the max. Are 20% higher. The average harvest rate is between 16 500 hl / year, which is harvested on an area of 437 hectares. In addition, about 600 hectoliters of red wine are harvested on an area of 15.60 hectares.

The minimum alcohol content is 10.5 ° for the white wine. In the case of an artificial enrichment by dry sugar ( Chaptalisation ) a maximum alcohol content is determined, which is at 13.5 °. In the case of Premier Cru the minimum alcohol content is 11 ° and the maximum at 14 °.

Meursault Premier Cru appellation.

The Premier Cru ( 132 acres ) are: Les Cras, Les Caillerets, Les Blancs Santenots, Les Plures, Les Santenots du Milieu, charm, La Jeunelotte, La Pièce Sous le Bois, Sous le dos d' âne, Sous Blagny, Les Perrières, Clos des Perrières, Les Genevrières, Poruzots, Le Poruzot, Les Bouchères, Les Gouttes d'Or

Others

In the novel, L' Etranger ( The Stranger ) by Albert Camus is about a young Algerian Frenchman named Meursault who accidentally shoots a young Arabs and in the subsequent process provoked against him his own death warrant. The name of Meursault is here possibly for " meurs, sot! ", In German " die, you fool! ".

Gerard Oury in 1966 a part of the film Three pilots break in Paris, also: turned " The Last Temptation " (La grande vadrouille ) in Meursault.

Shindo, the Japanese manufacturer of Hifigeräten, va Amplifiers in tube technology, has its 297 based on an old Ortofon RF tone arm - called " Meursault RF 773 ". All other devices are named after wines or wine -growing regions.

Municipality in the Côte-d'Or department
Place in Burgundy
Viticulture in France
The wine-growing

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Beaune Cantons of France Postal codes in France Odo I, Duke of Burgundy Varietal Chaptalization The Stranger (novel) Pied-noir

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