Beaujolais Vaux-en-Beaujolais

Beaujolais Vaux-en-Beaujolais is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 957.5 ha in Vaux-En-Beaujolais. That is 2.4% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 13 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône and 40 km north of Lyon.

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

957.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

3.35 × 6.08 km

Centre

46.0526° N, 4.5814° E

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône

Nearest city

40 km north of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

275 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

263–636 m

Mean elevation

422 m

Mean slope

15.7° (28 %)

Steepest tenth

above 24°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 56,122 elevation cells of about 13 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 plutonic rocks (granite)55%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)38%

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

Communes · 1

• Vaux-En-Beaujolais

Sources

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