Mâcon Charnay-lès-Mâcon

Mâcon Charnay-lès-Mâcon is a named sub-zone of Mâcon in France, covering 271 ha in Charnay-Les-Macon. That is 1.5% of the Mâcon appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Charnay-lès-Mâcon and 5 km 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

Mâcon

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Area

271 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

4.28 × 3.77 km

Centre

46.3131° N, 4.7637° E

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Charnay-lès-Mâcon

Nearest city

5 km west of Mâcon 35,484 people

To the sea

304 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

189–309 m

Mean elevation

241 m

Mean slope

5.0° (9 %)

Steepest tenth

above 8°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 65,472 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)62%
• Unconsolidated sediments36%

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

Communes · 1

• Charnay-Les-Macon

Sources

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