The vineyards are exposed to the east and to the south, on quite gentle slopes of between 260m and 320m. The soil is dark brown, dry, composed of chalk/ calcareous clay/ clay, containing pebbles and gravel which advantage a good natural drainage.

The red wines just about always benefit from a good ageing potential: 5 to 10 yrs for normal harvests, and easily 20 yrs when the harvests are more tannic or concentrated.
The white wines are very drinkable after 2 to 3 yrs, and fulfil all their promises after 8 to 10 yrs.
The rosés are never so delectable, fruity and easy to drink as when they are young. It is always best to enjoy them in their first 12 to 24 months.

The Marsannay rosé suits a simple cuisine, even rural: frogs' legs, niçoise salad, chicken rillettes, sausage, Burgundy snails.
The whites merit the honour of a more elaborate accompaniment: ham (jambon persillé), chicken liver pate, fried eel, pôchouse, sole meunière.
A young Marsannay red will go well with roasted, grilled or braised red meats. An older wine would be better with marinated accompaniments or with sauces to enhance the flavours; as well as strong cheese. 

The eyes is immediately attracted by  the colour of these unmistakable burgundies with a definite Côte de Nuits air about them. Their intense and powerful bouquet tranlates to perfection the aromas of red fruit (cherry, wild blackberry, blackcurrant) and of forest undergrowth, not to mantion animals and musk in the case of certain "climats". A touch of violet and of mimosa can often be detected. The tannins which are often very fine, give these wines suppleness and harmony. Of an excellent potential for keeping, they will be just as well apprecited in their youth in the compagny of red meats, roasted, grilled or braised, as in their maturity where they will accompany with equal felicity meats in gravy, civets, ragouts of roasted game and other coqs au vin

Marsannay's geological affiliation to the Côte de Nuits and quality of the pinot Noir grape variety have combined to produce a wine with a difference  - the  "Rosé de Marsannay".  This is the appelation for which Marsannay is best known in France and abroad. Floral, intense, often fleshy; a blend of power and subtle acidity. Unquestionably one of the finest axamples of rosé wines to be anywhere in the world.
Les rosés, tendres et fruités, sont supportés par une bonne puissance et une vivacité qui leur évite toute mollesse. Leur couleur rosée tire sur la tonalité groseille. L'arôme évoque la vendange fraîchement écrasée et la pêche.

These wines feast the eye with their fine gold colour and to the nose present a bouquet which is striking in its intensity and candour. As with all the great whites of the Côte, one can detect the aromas of flowers, fresh and dried fruit, and of honey as they age. Their sigularity here is no doubt their fine aromas of jasmin, acacia, almond, and citronella, Supple, ample and full-bodied, the taste is remarkably long-lasting. Whilst they are already excellent for drinking at 2 to 3 years of age, they will maintain their noble qualities in the course of the years (easily for 8 to 10 years).