Beaujolais Leynes

Beaujolais Leynes is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 252 ha in Leynes. That is 0.6% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.7 km south-west of Mâcon and 37 km west of Bourg-en-Bresse.

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

252 ha

Separate plots

25

Extent N–S × E–W

1.75 × 4.06 km

Centre

46.2606° N, 4.7455° E

Where it is

Nearest town

8.7 km south-west of Mâcon

Nearest city

37 km west of Bourg-en-Bresse 45,340 people

To the sea

298 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (5.4 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

232–504 m

Mean elevation

319 m

Mean slope

9.0° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 14,996 elevation cells of about 13 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)56%
• Acid volcanic rocks44%

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

Communes · 1

• Leynes

Sources

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