The Pernand-Vergelesses vineyards stretch over the hilly slopes between Aloxe-Corton and Savigny-lès- Beaune. Only six of its plots are classified as red Premiers Crus: “Les Fichots”, “En Caradeux”, “Creux de la Net”, “Ile des Vergelesses” and “Les Plantes des Champs et Combottes”. This locality is one of the oldest vineyards of Burgundy: it was planted in 1158 by the monks of the Abbaye de Maizières.