Beaujolais La Chapelle-de-Guinchay

Beaujolais La Chapelle-de-Guinchay is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 181.9 ha in La Chapelle-De-Guinchay. That is 0.5% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 11 km south-west of Mâcon and 26 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Beaujolais

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Area

181.9 ha

Separate plots

8

Extent N–S × E–W

3.02 × 3.61 km

Centre

46.2247° N, 4.7567° E

Where it is

Nearest town

11 km south-west of Mâcon

Nearest city

26 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône 32,994 people

To the sea

294 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (3.7 km)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

182–249 m

Mean elevation

225 m

Mean slope

2.6° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 4°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 43,059 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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.

Bedrock

• Unconsolidated sediments100%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

• La Chapelle-De-Guinchay

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)