Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse - rouge exclusif

Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse - rouge exclusif is a named sub-zone of Mâcon in France, covering 70.8 ha in Chevagny-Les-Chevrieres, Hurigny and La Roche-Vineuse. That is 0.4% 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 Mâcon and 36 km north-west of Bourg-en-Bresse.

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

70.8 ha

Separate plots

23

Extent N–S × E–W

4.81 × 7.67 km

Centre

46.3440° N, 4.8016° E

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Mâcon

Nearest city

36 km north-west of Bourg-en-Bresse 45,340 people

To the sea

308 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (5.6 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

217–394 m

Mean elevation

300 m

Mean slope

7.7° (14 %)

Steepest tenth

above 13°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 53,043 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)81%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)14%

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

Communes · 3

• Chevagny-Les-Chevrieres
• Hurigny
• La Roche-Vineuse

Sources

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