Charlemagne

Charlemagne is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 63.1 ha in Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses. The rules allow white wine, based on Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.5 km north of Beaune and 29 km south-west of Dijon.

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

63.1 ha

Separate plots

7

Extent N–S × E–W

1.31 × 1.43 km

Centre

47.0723° N, 4.8524° E

Grapes

Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc

Max yield

54 hl/ha

Min planting density

9,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town

5.5 km north of Beaune

Nearest city

29 km south-west of Dijon 159,941 people

To the sea

389 km

Same latitude

Vin du Québec (Canada), Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

258–362 m

Mean elevation

304 m

Mean slope

10.4° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 60,933 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)98%

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

Communes · 2

• Aloxe-Corton
• Pernand-Vergelesses

Neighbours

• Corton
• Corton Le Clos du Roi
• Corton Les Chaumes
• Corton Les Languettes
• Corton Les Perrières
• Corton Les Pougets
• Corton Les Renardes
• Corton-Charlemagne
• Ladoix premier cru Le Rognet et Corton

Sources

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