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Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois

Sub-zone

Bourgogne Côtes du Couchois is a named sub-zone of Bourgogne in France, covering 940.1 ha across 6 communes. That is 2.3% of the Bourgogne appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.5 km west of Chagny and 21 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Bourgogne
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
940.1 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
7.66 × 7.81 km
Centre
46.8859° N, 4.6313° E

Where it is

Nearest town
9.5 km west of Chagny
Nearest city
21 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people
To the sea
368 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
266–439 m
Mean elevation
360 m
Mean slope
8.5° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 13°
Faces
south

Measured over the whole outline on 57,462 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

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306
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510
311
412
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416
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418
519
520
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422
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324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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309
510
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412
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517
418
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324

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

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

Communes · 6

Sources

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

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