Mâcon Villages (Blanc)

Mâcon Villages (Blanc) is a named sub-zone of Mâcon in France, covering 6.4 ha in Peronne. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km north of Mâcon and 39 km south of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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

6.4 ha

Separate plots

9

Extent N–S × E–W

0.48 × 0.72 km

Centre

46.4306° N, 4.8070° E

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km north of Mâcon

Nearest city

39 km south of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

317 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

230–322 m

Mean elevation

271 m

Mean slope

5.2° (9 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 52,827 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 rocks53%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)45%

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

Communes · 1

• Peronne

Sources

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