Beaujolais Les Ardillats

Beaujolais Les Ardillats is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 65.4 ha in Les Ardillats. That is 0.2% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 16 km north-west of Belleville and 26 km south-west of Mâcon.

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

65.4 ha

Separate plots

6

Extent N–S × E–W

2.25 × 2.19 km

Centre

46.1694° N, 4.5673° E

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km north-west of Belleville

Nearest city

26 km south-west of Mâcon 35,484 people

To the sea

288 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

344–478 m

Mean elevation

415 m

Mean slope

11.0° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 15,641 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 plutonic rocks (granite)74%
• Acid volcanic rocks26%

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

Communes · 1

• Les Ardillats

Sources

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