Charlemagne is a little used Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) at Grand Cru level for white wine in Côte de Beaune subregion of Burgundy.[1] The vineyards that can use this AOC are located within the communes of Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses.[2] The AOC was created in 1937.
There are three partially overlapping Grand Cru AOCs that cover the vineyards on the Corton hill; Corton for red and white wine, Corton-Charlemagne for white wine, and Charlemagne for white wine, totaling 147.5 hectares (364 acres) of vineyards in 2008.[3] Charlemagne is the least used of these, as practically all producers have elected to use the Corton-Charlemagne AOC for white wines from vineyards (climats) that are entitled to both appellations.[4] Some In 2008, only 0.28 hectares (0.69 acre) of vineyard surface was in production for Charlemagne AOC, producing a total of 7 hectoliter of wine,[3] corresponding to three barrels or some 900 bottles. It therefore has the smallest de facto production of all Burgundy AOCs, although its theoretical maximum surface is much larger than a number of other Grand Cru vineyards, where there are no overlapping Grand Cru AOCs.