Statistique de la vigne dans le département de la Côte-d'Or

THE FIRST GENERAL MONOGRAPH ON THE VINEYARDS OF THE CÔTE D'OR

8vo (220x150 mm). [4], 286, [2: table of contents] pp. Late 19^th-century pebbled half-cloth over decorative boards, with a portion of the original printed wrappers used as a label on the spine, edges marbled. On the half-title page ink stamp of Bassermann-Jordan and his bookplate on the upper pastedown. A bright and crisp copy.

Rare first edition of this work which is one of the most important sources for the classification of Burgundy wines, still consulted today as evidenced by the frequent modern reprints up to the very recent Hachette livre BNF edition of 2019.

After the amateur attempts by C. Arnoux (1695-1770) and C. Courtepée (1721-1781) at the end of the 17^th century, Morelot, who had a vineyard of his own in Volnay, first classified the vineyards of Beaune (Statistique oenologique de l'Arrondissement de Beaune, 1825), then provided the first general classification of all the vineyards of the Côte d'Or department, with descriptions of each commune and recommendations for individual vineyards as tête de cuvée. Morelot's ‘Vine Statistics in the Côte d'Or Department' was also the main source for the 1855 classification by Jules Lavalle (Histoire et Statistique de la Vigne et des Grands Vins de la Côte d'Or) (cf. J. Morris, Inside Burgundy, London, 2021, p. 712).

The book deals with the nature of the soils, the lower vineyards and their products, the analysis of terroirs, when the first vines were planted, vines and their varieties, vine planting, vine cultivation, grape harvesting, wine making, wine quality and wine regulation.

Simon, Bibliotheca Vinaria, 98; Cagle, 357a.

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