ALOXE-CORTON

At the foot of the "illuminated" mountain of Corton, Aloxe-Corton, a village with three châteaux, produces two grands crus. Corton red is the Emperor of the red grands crus of the Côte de Beaune, while the second, Corton Charlemagne white, is the Emperor's wine, "Carolus Magnus" having owned a vineyard here in the 8th century.