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Bourgogne Tonnerre

Sub-zone

Bourgogne Tonnerre is a named sub-zone of Bourgogne in France, covering 838.1 ha across 6 communes. That is 2.1% of the Bourgogne appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Tonnerre and 46 km south of Troyes.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Bourgogne
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
838.1 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
7.22 × 10.68 km
Centre
47.8878° N, 4.0286° E

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Tonnerre
Nearest city
46 km south of Troyes 60,785 people
To the sea
308 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
131–313 m
Mean elevation
216 m
Mean slope
8.6° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 16°
Faces
south

Measured over the whole outline on 14,124 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

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)

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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.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 6

Sources

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

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