Beaujolais Villages is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 15,955.9 ha across 38 communes. That is 40.2% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.
15 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône 32,994 people
To the sea
283 km
Rivers nearby
Sane (6.6 km)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
179–686 m
Mean elevation
337 m
Measured over the whole outline on 59,920 elevation cells of about 53 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Vintages: Burgundy (red)
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409
510
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412
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Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)
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309
510
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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)58%
Acid volcanic rocks12%
Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)12%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.