Mâcon Montbellet

Mâcon Montbellet is a named sub-zone of Mâcon in France, covering 103.9 ha in Montbellet. That is 0.6% of the Mâcon appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 11 km south-west of Tournus and 18 km north 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

103.9 ha

Separate plots

11

Extent N–S × E–W

3.33 × 2.83 km

Centre

46.4744° N, 4.8572° E

Where it is

Nearest town

11 km south-west of Tournus

Nearest city

18 km north of Mâcon 35,484 people

To the sea

322 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (4.8 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

191–274 m

Mean elevation

224 m

Mean slope

4.3° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 8°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 25,266 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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks63%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)33%

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

Communes · 1

• Montbellet

Sources

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