Beaujolais Emeringes

Beaujolais Emeringes is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 156.2 ha in Emeringes. That is 0.4% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid volcanic rocks. It lies 16 km south-west of Mâcon and 26 km north of Villefranche-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

Beaujolais

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Area

156.2 ha

Separate plots

30

Extent N–S × E–W

1.83 × 3.07 km

Centre

46.2230° N, 4.6633° E

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km south-west of Mâcon

Nearest city

26 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône 32,994 people

To the sea

294 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

250–509 m

Mean elevation

357 m

Mean slope

10.8° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 37,234 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

• Acid volcanic rocks57%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)43%

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

Communes · 1

• Emeringes

Sources

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