Vin de Savoie Arbin

Vin de Savoie Arbin is a named sub-zone of Vin de Savoie in France, covering 96.4 ha in Arbin, Cruet and Montmelian. That is 1.4% of the Vin de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.1 km north-east of Pontcharra and 13 km south-east 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

Vin de Savoie

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

96.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

1.42 × 1.81 km

Centre

45.5108° N, 6.0635° E

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km north-east of Pontcharra

Nearest city

13 km south-east of Chambéry 61,640 people

To the sea

224 km

Rivers nearby

Arc (0.5 km)

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (21 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

286–607 m

Mean elevation

393 m

Mean slope

20.2° (37 %)

Steepest tenth

above 32°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 87,482 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)64%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)12%

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

Communes · 3

• Arbin
• Cruet
• Montmelian

Sources

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