Number of hectares 85 ha for A.O.C communal or Cote de Nuits Villages vines; Definition The first mention of Fixey appears to date from 679 in the form fisciacus in a cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Benigne in Dijon. Fixin then appears in 830 in the chronicles of Beze, in the form villa que dicitur fiscinis. Fixey is probably derived from Fiscius, which could be a personal name, but there is also the possibility of a Germanic origin meaning slope or summit.; Soils Some traces of marl, very stony and ferruginous; Geographic location Eastern exposure Between 260 and 340m altitude
The Fixin is showing well, with a silky, seductive note. It�s not every day that we see this from a completely destemmed Fixin. Borderline hedonistic, and definitely enjoyable.