Juliénas is an appellation in France, covering 676.7 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Gamay. Regional bedrock: acid volcanic rocks. It lies 12 km south-west of Mâcon and 28 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
216–489 m
Mean elevation
325 m
Mean slope
9.0° (16 %)
Steepest tenth
above 16°
Faces
south
Measured over the whole outline on 160,345 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules
JuliénasRed
Gamay
max 61 hl/ha · min 6,000 vines/ha
Vintages: Burgundy (red)
505
306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324
Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)
405
406
407
408
309
510
311
412
313
514
415
316
517
418
419
520
321
422
423
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
Acid volcanic rocks58%
Acid plutonic rocks (granite)28%
Unconsolidated sediments12%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.