Beaujolais Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin

Beaujolais Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 113.3 ha in Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin. That is 0.3% 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 7.6 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône and 34 km north of Lyon.

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

113.3 ha

Separate plots

32

Extent N–S × E–W

1.44 × 3.22 km

Centre

46.0108° N, 4.6267° E

Where it is

Nearest town

7.6 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône

Nearest city

34 km north of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

270 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

364–566 m

Mean elevation

463 m

Mean slope

10.6° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 27,085 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)58%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)30%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks12%

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

Communes · 1

• Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin

Sources

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