Beaujolais Saint-Julien

Beaujolais Saint-Julien is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 180.7 ha in Saint-Julien. That is 0.5% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 7.6 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône and 35 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

180.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

1.39 × 2.35 km

Centre

46.0212° N, 4.6325° E

Where it is

Nearest town

7.6 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône

Nearest city

35 km north of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

272 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

264–501 m

Mean elevation

352 m

Mean slope

10.7° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 166,815 elevation cells of about 3 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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)87%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)13%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Julien

Sources

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