Clos des Rouard - Beaune - Aux Renards 1994
Beaune is the epicenter of Burgundy's wine trade and the second-largest town in the famous Cote d'Or wine region. Just as Nuits-Saint-Georges gives its name to the Cote de Nuits, so Beaune’s name has been adopted for the southern half of the Cote d’Or escarpment, the Cote de Beaune.
Beaune is much more developed than other parts of the district, and a large proportion of the town is given over to commercial and residential use – land that would otherwise be covered with vineyards. Over the centuries, however, Beaune's expansion has been carefully guided away from the prime vineyard sites on the Cote d’Or slopes towards the flatter land east of the old town.