Beaujolais Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu

Beaujolais Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 27.4 ha in Saint-Didier-Sur-Beaujeu. That is 0.1% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid volcanic rocks. It lies 17 km north-west of Belleville and 27 km south-west of Mâcon.

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

27.4 ha

Separate plots

9

Extent N–S × E–W

1.78 × 1.74 km

Centre

46.1683° N, 4.5502° E

Where it is

Nearest town

17 km north-west of Belleville

Nearest city

27 km south-west of Mâcon 35,484 people

To the sea

288 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

348–500 m

Mean elevation

417 m

Mean slope

12.5° (22 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 26,110 elevation cells of about 3 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

• Acid volcanic rocks80%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)20%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Didier-Sur-Beaujeu

Sources

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