An important wine-producing village at the northern end of the CÔTE DE BEAUNE district in France’s BURGUNDY region. The most celebrated wines come from the vineyards on Montagne de Corton, a vast hill rising above the village. This area’s red wines are made from PINOT NOIR grapes; the whites, from CHARDONNAY. Within Aloxe-Corton (and extending into the villages of LADOIX-SERRIGNY and PERNAND-VERGELESSES) are the two GRANDS CRUS of CORTON (red wines) and CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE (white wines). The wines from these grand crus are ranked among the world’s finest, with the reds from Corton considered some of the best and longest aging in Burgundy, and the white wines from Corton-Charlemagne compared favorably to other top white wines from the region. Within the grand cru of Corton, there are twentyseven other individual grand cru vineyards in addition to le Corton vineyard. These vineyards may simply use Corton on the label or add their name to Corton, as in Corton Bressandes or Corton Clos du Roi. Nine of these same vineyards are also permitted to produce grand cru white wines under the Corton-Charlemagne AC. Aloxe-Corton also has a number of fine PREMIER CRU vineyards. The wines produced under the general village appellation of Aloxe-Corton AC are also generally of good quality.