Beaujolais Saint-Etienne-des-Oullières

Beaujolais Saint-Etienne-des-Oullières is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 617.3 ha in Saint-Etienne-Des-Oullieres. That is 1.6% 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 9.1 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône and 38 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

617.3 ha

Separate plots

86

Extent N–S × E–W

3.83 × 3.78 km

Centre

46.0631° N, 4.6661° E

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône

Nearest city

38 km north of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

276 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

216–334 m

Mean elevation

266 m

Mean slope

4.5° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 8°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 144,822 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)60%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks38%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Etienne-Des-Oullieres

Wineries · 1

• Domaine des Grottes

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Sources

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