a wordClimat
In Burgundy, a named parcel of vineyard with a boundary, a history and a reputation — not a weather word. There are over a thousand of them on the Côte d'Or, and UNESCO listed the lot in 2015.
Root. French climat, from Latin clima, Greek klima — a slope, a zone of the sky; the Burgundian sense is a named plot
the everyday French word for climate is the same word, which confuses every visitor Tradition
the everyday French word for climate is the same word, which confuses every visitor Tradition
Written down by UNESCO World Heritage (2015)
How it is done Cited
A climat is drawn on the ground, and the appellation rank is attached to it. Two neighbouring climats can differ by a rank and by a factor of ten in price.
Facts
| kind | vineyard |
|---|---|
| region | Burgundy |
| confidence | high · updated 2026-09-16 |
Its kin
regionBurgundyThe region that counts in these units.and of this page it says: The word for a named parcel, and the unit the whole system counts in.wordLieu-ditThe wider French term a climat is a particular case of.and of this page it says: Burgundy's own word for the ranked version.vineyardClos de VougeotOne name, fifty hectares, and a lesson about what a climat does not tell you.and of this page it says: The unit this vineyard is usually held up to explain — and to complicate.
Who points back
person · says of this pageAubert de VillaineThe unit he argued was heritage.word · says of this pageCruThe plot a cru rank is attached to here.word · says of this pageTerroirThe unit Burgundy uses to make the claim specific.
Sources
Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.