Arbois is an appellation in France, covering 2,642.5 ha across 12 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 28 km south-east of Dole and 43 km south-west of Besançon.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
237–541 m
Mean elevation
315 m
Mean slope
7.2° (13 %)
Steepest tenth
above 13°
Faces
west
Measured over the whole outline on 41,406 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules
Arbois de PailleWhite · Partially Fermented Grape Must Extracted From Raisined Grapes
ChardonnayPoulsardSavagnin BlancTrousseau
max 20 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
ArboisRed
Pinot NoirPoulsardTrousseau
max 66 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Arbois PupillinRed
Poulsard
max 66 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
ArboisRosé
Pinot NoirPoulsardTrousseau
max 66 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
ArboisWhite
ChardonnaySavagnin Blanc
max 72 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Arbois JauneWhite
Savagnin Blanc
max 72 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Vintages: Burgundy (red)
505
306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324
Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)
405
406
407
408
309
510
311
412
313
514
415
316
517
418
419
520
321
422
423
324
Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.