Coteaux du Lyonnais

Coteaux du Lyonnais is an appellation in France, covering 7,692.8 ha across 48 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Aligoté and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

7,692.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

35.37 × 27.84 km

Centre

45.6972° N, 4.7387° E

Grapes

Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay De Bouze, Gamay De Chaudenay, Gamay, Pinot Blanc

Max yield

72 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town

4.2 km west of Saint-Genis-Laval

Nearest city

10 km south-west of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

236 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (8.9 km) · Sane (9.3 km)

Same latitude

Columbia Gorge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

171–642 m

Mean elevation

360 m

Measured over the whole outline on 9,743 elevation cells of about 107 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)55%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)35%

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

Communes · 48

Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)