Burgundy

Burgundy's Grand Cru Route

In 60km of gentle cycling between Gevrey-Chambertin and Beaune, you'll pass 25 of the world's 33 Burgundy Grand Crus — the densest concentration of hallowed vineyard names on the planet. You'll stand at the stone cross marking Romanée-Conti, where 1.81 hectares of Pinot Noir produce bottles that sell for $10,000 each, and where the 1945 vintage fetched $558,000 at Sotheby's. You'll walk into the 12th-century Clos de Vougeot, where Cistercian monks invented the concept of terroir and Napoleon ordered his entire army to salute the vines. You'll learn why Nuits-Saint-Georges deliberately gave up Grand Cru status to help its neighbours. And in Beaune, you'll stand beneath the polychrome tiles of the Hospices — a 15th-century hospital built from a chancellor's guilt — where every November, a single candlelit auction sets the price of Burgundy worldwide. This is the road that invented wine geography.

Pinot Mastery Summit

Monks' Trail — Cîteaux to Clos de Vougeot

Côte de Nuits Grand Cru Trail

Côte de Beaune Pinot Trail

Vosne-Romanée Sacred Terroir Trail

Grand Cru Circuit