Red Burgundy wines are usually made with the Pinot Noir grape, and white Burgundy wines are usually made with Chardonnay grapes. Burgundy is a region in eastern France that produces excellent red wines.

The great Burgundies, both red and white, are un-blended wines made from a single grape variety. This again is a major difference from Bordeaux. The grapes used are:

Pinot Noir (red wines) Chardonnay (white wines)

Various other grape varieties are permitted within Burgundy, though these are never used in the great wines and can be considered as the "second rank" of grapes. They will appear in budget level bottlings and are increasingly common the further south you travel into the Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais and Beaujolais. Varieties include:

Gamay (red wines) Aligoté, Pinot Blanc (white wines)