Bourgogne Coulanges-la-Vineuse

Bourgogne Coulanges-la-Vineuse is a named sub-zone of Bourgogne in France, covering 707.7 ha across 7 communes. That is 1.8% of the Bourgogne appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 16 km south of Auxerre and 82 km south-west of Troyes.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Bourgogne

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

707.7 ha

Separate plots

85

Extent N–S × E–W

9.58 × 6.8 km

Centre

47.6556° N, 3.5412° E

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km south of Auxerre

Nearest city

82 km south-west of Troyes 60,785 people

To the sea

313 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

116–312 m

Mean elevation

218 m

Mean slope

8.4° (15 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 11,617 elevation cells of about 26 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)93%

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

Communes · 7

• Charentenay
• Coulanges-La-Vineuse
• Escolives-Sainte-Camille
• Jussy
• Mige
• Mouffy
• Val-De-Mercy

Sources

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