Les Champs Gainclimatis adjacent on three sides to three other 1er Cru climats: Les Fairendes, En Cailleret, and La Maltroie, plus the town of Chassagne. This plot is bordered on the south by highway D 113a.

The name derives from ancient Frenchgaaing,gainpasture land, arable land. These were cultivated fields or meadows before vines were planted.