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Two towns, the vines between them and the cellars under them. Weighing up a
Burgundy tour? These are the places the day takes you.
The first frames are the towns. The Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune opens the set, its courtyard
under roofs of glazed polychrome tiles and its pointed dormers up close. Then Dijon: the
Palais des Ducs and its tower above the square, rooftops round a Gothic spire, half-timbered
houses and an old street after rain.
Next you are on the Côte de Nuits. The Clos de Vougeot's château stands behind its walls
in autumn gold, and again through a gap in an old stone wall. A hut painted Chambertin Clos de
Bèze stands in its rows, and the slope falls away to a village below. On the Côte de Beaune,
a stone gateway names Chevaliers-Montrachet and a roadside sign names Aloxe-Corton.
The vineyards come through the year: rows in low sun, gold across a valley, a patchwork of
autumn parcels, leaves turned red and black grapes on the vine. Two 2CVs trundle along a vine
track. The set ends underground, among barrels under stone vaults, dusty old bottles, an old
wooden press, a Clos de Tart case by candlelight and a glass of Corton Grand Cru.
The Hôtel-Dieu courtyard in Beaune under its roofs of glazed polychrome tilesPointed dormers and lozenge-patterned glazed tiles on the Hôtel-Dieu roofThe Palais des Ducs in Dijon, its tall square tower above the curved façadeGlazed-tile rooftops around a Gothic church and its striped spire, seen from aboveHalf-timbered houses framing a church tower and its striped spireA narrow old-town street of stone houses, its paving wet after rainThe Clos de Vougeot's château behind its walled vineyard, the vines turning goldThe Clos de Vougeot's château seen through a gap in an old stone wallA stone hut painted Chambertin Clos de Bèze among the vine rows below a wooded slopeThe vine slope of the Côte falling away to a village and the plain beyondA stone gateway inscribed Chevaliers-Montrachet in the wall of a vineyardA Bourgognes sign for the village of Aloxe-Corton beside the vinesVine rows in low sun, a village and a wooded ridge behind themVines turning gold across a valley, wooded hills in the distanceA patchwork of vine parcels in autumn colour, one tree standing among themVine leaves turned deep red in autumn, lit by the sunBunches of black grapes hanging among the leavesTwo Citroën 2CVs, one yellow and one pink, on a track between the vinesRows of oak barrels in a cellar under a rough stone vaultA long cellar of barrels stacked two high, lit in warm lightOld bottles furred with dust, their vintages chalked on slate labelsA tall old wooden wine press with a painted screw, under a timber roofA Clos de Tart wooden case lit by candles in a dark cellarA bottle of Corton Grand Cru beside a glass of red wine
