Aloxe-Corton « Les Morais » 2018

Etymology

Boutières : This is the name of two plots at Aloxe-Corton, above the D974 road from Dijon to Beaune. A large plot named “Aux Boutières” runs on from these plots at Savigny-lès-Beaune, and above, the Champ Chevrey climat points to a hollow path probably followed by mules transporting wine-filled “boutes” (goatskins). We can follow their steps thanks to the three parcels at Pernand-Vergelesses which prolong the Savigny-lès-Beaune lieu-dit “Aux Boutières” and are called Les Boutières. The layout of these parcels is surprising. They are spaced out along this very ancient road which probably enabled the mule-riders to get to the Arrière-Côte villages to supply them with wine. We would like to know where these mule-drivers came from; possibly from the port of Seurre which is closer to these villages than Chalon-sur-Saône. Oil and wine were transported by mule in “boutes”: goatskins containing about 50 litres. Would this name, which stems from imperial Latin BUTTIS “wine vessel” originate from Gallic? We don’t know. It could rather be a Mediterranean term linked with vine growing.

Valozières : At Aloxe-Corton, this climat lies in a humid, slightly hollow place, where osiers or small size willows thrived; their shoots are used to make bonds to tie up the vine or plants, and also for wickerwork. In ancient French, Osier or Osière – probably derived from Frankish *Alisa – designates wicker.

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