Roussette de Savoie Marestel

Roussette de Savoie Marestel is a named sub-zone of Roussette de Savoie in France, covering 68.3 ha in Jongieux and Lucey. That is 1.1% of the Roussette de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Altesse. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 11 km north-west of Aix-les-Bains and 22 km north of Chambéry.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Roussette de Savoie

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

68.3 ha

Separate plots

12

Extent N–S × E–W

1.68 × 1.08 km

Centre

45.7474° N, 5.7961° E

Where it is

Nearest town

11 km north-west of Aix-les-Bains

Nearest city

22 km north of Chambéry 61,640 people

To the sea

254 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (5.5 km)

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (3.9 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

273–517 m

Mean elevation

376 m

Mean slope

21.4° (39 %)

Steepest tenth

above 32°

Faces

west

Measured over the whole outline on 62,815 elevation cells of about 3 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)71%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)25%

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

Communes · 2

• Jongieux
• Lucey

Sources

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