Village Appellation of Burgundy, produced on the following villages from the north of the Côte de Nuits : Marsannay-la-Côte, Couchey, Chenôve, Marsannay is the only communal appellation which produces wines of all three colours. Their typicity is that of the Côtes de Nuits, and their style resembles that of their neighbouring appellations Fixin and Gevrey-Chambertin.
Regarded as the « Golden Gate to the Côte de Nuits », the Marsannay appellation covers the communes of Chenôve, Marsannay-la-Côte and Couchey. There is evidence of vineyards here, as is the case of the rest of the Côte, as early as the 7th century and the prestige of this vine-growing district is long-established. The Abbey of Bèze, the Bishop of Autun, the Dukes of Burgundy, and many others have owned vines here and the wines found their way to the tables of Louis XIV and Louis XVl. As late as the 19th century, some « climats » enjoyed a classification equivalent to today's Grands Crus.