Brouilly

Brouilly is an appellation in France, covering 1,568.8 ha across 6 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Gamay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 8.9 km west of Belleville and 14 km north of Villefranche-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

1973-09-18

Area

1,568.8 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

6.46 × 6.86 km

Centre

46.1053° N, 4.6339° E

Grapes

Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay, Melon

Max yield

61 hl/ha

Min planting density

6,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town

8.9 km west of Belleville

Nearest city

14 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône 32,994 people

To the sea

281 km

Same latitude

Horse Heaven Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

194–558 m

Mean elevation

290 m

Mean slope

6.5° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 92,482 elevation cells of about 13 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

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)43%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)30%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%

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

Communes · 6

• Cercie
• Charentay
• Odenas
• Quincie-En-Beaujolais
• Saint-Etienne-La-Varenne
• Saint-Lager

Wineries · 1

• Domaine dit Baron

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Sources

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