Finding a wine estate for sale in Burgundy takes patience: the vineyard is fragmented, family-owned, and few properties reach the open market. ma-propriete.fr gathers Burgundy estates, small vineyards and vine parcels for sale across Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire and Yonne — from a single village-appellation ouvrée to a complete estate with winery and cellars.
Value here is decided parcel by parcel: the UNESCO-listed climats rank the vineyard from regional appellations to villages, premiers crus and grands crus. Two rows of vines across a path can differ in value tenfold.
The Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune hold the most prestigious names — Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, Meursault. Land is inherited more than sold, and the ouvrée (4.28 ares) is the local unit. Chablis and the Auxerrois offer world-class Chardonnay terroirs at more accessible values. The Côte chalonnaise and Mâconnais (Mercurey, Givry, Pouilly-Fuissé) are the best entry points for a working winery project.
French DVF land-registry data records 1,008 vine sales in Burgundy (Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, Yonne) over 2020-2025, at a median of €129,487/ha and an average of €402,654/ha; transactions span €12,501/ha to €5,815,726/ha depending on appellation and vineyard condition. The spread mirrors the appellation pyramid: a hectare of Mâcon has nothing in common with a premier cru hectare in the Côte de Beaune.
SAFER price references by appellation (a selection of the 23 appellations tracked):
Appellation | Average price 2025 (€/ha) | Price range 2025 (€/ha) |
Bourgogne premier cru blanc | 2,700,000 | 560,000 – 7,000,000 |
Bourgogne premier cru rouge | 1,150,000 | 490,000 – 5,800,000 |
Bourgogne appellations communales Côte de Beaune blanc | 1,080,000 | 410,000 – 2,250,000 |
Bourgogne appellations communales Côte de Nuits rouge | 925,000 | 197,500 – 1,975,000 |
Bourgogne appellations communales Côte de Beaune rouge | 540,000 | 300,000 – 1,800,000 |
Chablis premier cru | 525,000* | — |
Mâcon rouge | 28,000 | 10,000 – 35,000 |
Beaujolais et Beaujolais Villages rouge | 12,000 | 5,000 – 17,000 |
Source: SAFER — 2025 market value of unleased vines. *2024 value.
International demand keeps grand cru values at the top, while regional appellations remain accessible around €30,000-50,000/ha. Full analysis in our observatory of vineyard prices in France.
Fragmentation means reasoning by groups of parcels: a typical estate farms a few hectares spread over several appellations and villages. Check existing leases (tenant farming is everywhere), replanting rights, and where the grapes go — estate winemaking or cooperative delivery, especially in the Mâconnais. For a pure investment, Burgundy GFV shares are the classic route. Our white paper on creating and taking over a wine estate covers the process for international buyers.
Scarcity favours the seller — provided the Burgundian value is documented: parcel detail climat by climat, leases and their terms, yield history and vine health. Successful sales are prepared years ahead with notary and accountant, often alongside partial family transmission.
Burgundy actively fights flavescence dorée and trunk diseases: sanitary condition and missing-vine rates are now pricing criteria in their own right. An independent, parcel-level vineyard audit is the best-spent money of any negotiation.
Often overshadowed by the Côte, the Chablis area offers world fame, export-driven whites, markedly more accessible land and more frequent single-block estates — frequently Burgundy's best fame-to-price ratio.
The ouvrée is 4.28 ares. In a village appellation of the Côte it commonly trades between €25,000 and €60,000 — more in premier cru.
Family transmission dominates and French tax law encourages it. The rare complete sales attract several candidates at once: have financing and project ready before the listing appears.
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