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Eau-de-Vie de Vin de Bourgogne is one of 30 appellations for French Eaux-de-Vie. It specifically covers spirits produced from grape must within the Burgundy wine region.
After recently harvested grapes have been pressed, the must is fermented and double distilled in an alembic still. The resulting spirit retains some of the flavor of the fruit from which it was made, and the riper the fruit, the more intense the flavor.
When dry grape pomace (skins and seeds, without juice) is fermented into an eau-de-vie, it falls under the Eau-de-Vie de Marc de Bourgogne appellation. Neither of these appellations specifies which grape varieties may be used as the base; any variety permitted under a Burgundy appellation law is allowed.
Eau-de-Vie de Vin de Bourgogne is very much like the brandy produced in Cognac and Armagnac, and has corresponding appellations in the neighboring Savoie and Rhone regions.
