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Moulin-à-Vent

Appellation

Moulin-à-Vent is an appellation in France, covering 706.5 ha in Chenas and Romaneche-Thorins. The rules allow red wine, based on Gamay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 12 km south-west of Charnay-lès-Mâcon and 15 km south-west of Mâcon.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
706.5 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
4.75 × 3.67 km
Centre
46.2011° N, 4.7326° E
Grapes
Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay, Melon
Max yield
61 hl/ha
Min planting density
6,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km south-west of Charnay-lès-Mâcon
Nearest city
15 km south-west of Mâcon 35,484 people
To the sea
292 km
Rivers nearby
Sane (5.3 km)
Same latitude
Goose Gap (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
183–436 m
Mean elevation
255 m
Mean slope
5.4° (9 %)
Steepest tenth
above 10°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 42,714 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Moulin-À-Vent Red
Gamay
max 61 hl/ha · min 6,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

505
306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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309
510
311
412
313
514
415
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517
418
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520
321
422
423
324

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

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

Communes · 2

Wineries · 1

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Sources

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

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