Bouzeron

Bouzeron is an appellation in France, covering 155.9 ha in Bouzeron and Chassey-Le-Camp. The rules allow white wine, based on Aligoté. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3 km south-west of Chagny and 15 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

155.9 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

2.87 × 1.81 km

Centre

46.8892° N, 4.7256° E

Grapes

Aligoté

Max yield

69 hl/ha

Min planting density

9,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town

3 km south-west of Chagny

Nearest city

15 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

368 km

Same latitude

Royal Slope (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

223–409 m

Mean elevation

283 m

Mean slope

9.1° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

north

Measured over the whole outline on 149,181 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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)100%

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

Communes · 2

• Bouzeron
• Chassey-Le-Camp

Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)