150 million years ago, the plains of the Côte d’Or region were flooded by the Tethys Sea, a tropical body of salt water.
Another 30 million years would pass before the event that shaped the Hautes-Côtes: the formation of the Alps.
This led to the sudden collapse of the plain, which had been slowly subsiding for 115 million years, producing a clean break with the limestone plateau.
The Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grape varieties thrive on the extreme complexity of the land and climate (“terroir”), giving rise to a variety of exceptional properties.
