Spiritual Tales Meet World-Class Wines On A Drive Through France's Verdant Heart
National Geographic Traveller (UK)|November 2021
Pilgrims and Parisians alike know the treasures of Burgundy, whose gleaming ecclesiastical architecture, family-run chateaux hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants punctuate a patchwork of world-class vineyards south east of the French capital. While many travellers solely focus on the Côte d’Or wineries, a leisurely road trip along the Route Nationale 6 reveals the sensory — and spiritual — draws of the wider region
Nina Caplan
Spiritual Tales Meet World-Class Wines On A Drive Through France's Verdant Heart

Visiting Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, the ‘Golden Slope’ of legendary vineyards, is easy.

Dijon, the city at the heart of the area, is just 90 minutes by train from Paris. Maybe that’s why so few wine-lovers choose to drive down from the capital. Which is a shame, because Burgundy, with all its scenic, sensory charms begins a long way north of that celebrated ridge — and the road is paved with stories.

The monks who first tended Burgundy’s vines were focused not on the pleasures of the table but on the immortality of the soul. But if sacramental wine was to become the blood of Christ during mass, why not make it transcendentally delicious? Up until Catholic property was seized during the 1789 French Revolution, the landscape was moulded in the image of the church; graceful chapels, magnificent altarpieces and wellmarked pilgrimage routes still characterise the region. But later, in the 20th century, a different kind of pilgrimage became popular: moneyed Parisians drove south, along the Route Nationale 6, in search of sunshine. Their desire to eat and sleep well on the way was eagerly seized on by Michelin, the tyre-seller-cum-guidebook-creator, whose restaurant guide would become the arbiter of gastronomic excellence.

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