Mâcon

Mâcon is an appellation in France, covering 17,699.8 ha across 88 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

17,699.8 ha

Separate plots

40

Extent N–S × E–W

44.4 × 29.11 km

Centre

46.4440° N, 4.7690° E

Grapes

Chardonnay, Gamay, Pinot Noir

Max yield

75 hl/ha

Min planting density

7,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town

15 km north of Mâcon

Nearest city

38 km south of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

319 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (12 km)

Same latitude

Rattlesnake Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

170–533 m

Mean elevation

289 m

Measured over the whole outline on 20,594 elevation cells of about 105 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)83%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks10%

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

Communes · 88

Inside Mâcon · 40

• Mâcon Azé - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Azé - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Bray - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Bray - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon BurgySub-zone
• Mâcon BussièresSub-zone
• Mâcon Chaintré - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Chaintré - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon ChardonnaySub-zone
• Mâcon Charnay-lès-MâconSub-zone
• Mâcon Cruzille - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Cruzille - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon DavayéSub-zone
• Mâcon Fuissé - blanc exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Fuissé - blanc exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon IgéSub-zone
• Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon LochéSub-zone
• Mâcon Lugny - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Lugny - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Mancey - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Mancey - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Milly-Lamartine - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Milly-Lamartine - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon MontbelletSub-zone
• Mâcon PierreclosSub-zone
• Mâcon Prissé - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Prissé - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon PéronneSub-zone
• Mâcon Saint-Gengoux-le-National - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon Saint-Gengoux-le-National - rouge exclusifSub-zone
• Mâcon SerrièresSub-zone
• Mâcon Solutré-PouillySub-zone
• Mâcon UchizySub-zone
• Mâcon VergissonSub-zone
• Mâcon VerzéSub-zone
• Mâcon Villages (Blanc)Sub-zone
• Mâcon Villages (Blanc)Sub-zone
• Mâcon VinzellesSub-zone

Wineries · 24

• Auvigue
• Cave de Lugny
• Cave de Lugny
• Cave de Lugny
• Cave de Lugny
• Cave des Grands Crus Blancs
• Château de Beauregard
• Château de Fuissé
• Château des Rontets
• Domaine Bourdon
• Domaine Cheveau
• Domaine Corsin
• Domaine Gaillard
• Domaine Marcel Brubach
• Domaine Michel Cheveau
• Domaine Pascal Berger
• Domaine Pascal Renaud
• Domaine Pierre Vessigaud
• Domaine de Pouilly - Vincent Besson
• Domaine de la Chapelle
• Domaine de la Croix Senaillet
• Domaine des 3 Dames
• Domaine du Roure Michel et Fils
• Œnothèque Georges Burrier

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Sources

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