Montagny-lès-Buxy

Population (2007): 218
Area: 527 ha

Mairie
Le Bourg
71390 Montagny-lès-Buxy
Tel: 03 85 92 01 07
Fax: 03 85 92 04 32

Union des Producteurs des Grands Vins Blancs de Montagny

The premier crus:

In Montagny:
Vignes Saint-Pierre, Les Combes, Saint-Ytages, Les Charmelottes, Champ Toiseau, Vignes sur le Cloux, Les Garchères, Vignes Couland, Les Bouchots, Les Burnins, Les Perrières, Les Treuffères, Montcuchot, Vigne du Soleil, Les Maroques, Les Beaux Champs, Les Macles, Creux de Beaux Champs, L’Épaule, Les Platières, Les Jardins, Les Coères, Saint-Morille, Les Vignes Derrière, Les Bordes, Les Las, Les Gouresses, Les Paquiers, Montorge, Les Resses, Le Cloux, Sous les Feilles

Commune de Buxy:
La Grande Pièce, Le Clos Chaudron, Les Vignes des Prés, Le Vieux Château, La Condemine du Vieux Château, Le Clouzot, Les Pidances, Les Coudrettes, Les Vignes Longues, Cornevent, Mont Laurent, Les Bonneveaux, Les Bassets

Commune de Saint-Vallerin:
Les Paquiers, Les Craboulettes, Les Coères, La Moullière, Les Resses

Commune de Jully-lès-Buxy:
Les Coères,Les Chaniots, Chazelle.

Area under production:

White: 301 ha (including 199 ha premier cru)

Average annual yield:

White: 15 940 hl (including 10 760 hl premier cru)

Bouzeron • Rully • Mercurey • Givry • Montagny-lès-Buxy

The golden mountain

Just like Bouzeron at the top of the Côte Chalonnaise this is an appellation exclusively for white wine. But while Bouzeron focuses on the aligoté grape this is chardonnay country.

Montagny-lès-Buxy links:

Domaine Stéphane Aladame
Cave de Bissey-sous-Cruchaud
Cave des Vignerons de Buxy
Domaine Feuillat-Juillot
Cave de Genouilly
Domaine le Grégoire
Domaine Michel-Andreotti

The appellation of Montagny is spread out over four communes – Buxy, Montagny-lès-Buxy, Jully-les-Buxy and Saint-Vallerin. The AOC status was received in 1936 and there are a total of 51 premier crus.

Montagny is the southernmost appellation of the Côte Chalonnaise, ten kilometres south of the road between Chalon-sur-Saône and Le Creusot. South of here it is regional appellations for 40 kilometres or so until the appellations of the Mâconnais.

It is Montagny-lès-Buxy that has lent its name to the appellation, but it is Buxy that is the capital of the appellation with around 2000 inhabitants.

Already in 870 Montagny appeared in the documents of Charles the Bald. At that time it was called Mons Aureus, the Golden Mountain. The village originally belonged to the church in Lyon. It was later transferred to the bishop of Chalon and then to the chapter of Saint-Vincent.

The old postcard above shows the view over Montagny-lès-Buxy in the early 20^th century.

Related reading on Bergman's Bourgogne:
• Next village – Coulanges-la-Vineuse
• Previous village – Givry