Roussette du Bugey Virieu-le-Grand

Roussette du Bugey Virieu-le-Grand is a named sub-zone of Roussette du Bugey in France, covering 34.5 ha in Virieu-Le-Grand. That is 0.9% of the Roussette du Bugey appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Altesse. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 10 km north of Belley and 38 km north-west 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 du Bugey

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

34.5 ha

Separate plots

4

Extent N–S × E–W

1.41 × 0.82 km

Centre

45.8441° N, 5.6407° E

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km north of Belley

Nearest city

38 km north-west of Chambéry 61,640 people

To the sea

259 km

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (15 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

302–518 m

Mean elevation

392 m

Mean slope

16.7° (30 %)

Steepest tenth

above 30°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 31,956 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)98%

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

Communes · 1

• Virieu-Le-Grand

Sources

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