Macvin du Jura

Macvin du Jura is an appellation in France, covering 11,279.5 ha across 97 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. 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 de liqueur

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

11,279.5 ha

Separate plots

52

Extent N–S × E–W

70.81 × 42.33 km

Centre

46.9037° N, 5.7511° E

Grapes

Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Poulsard, Savagnin Blanc, Trousseau

Max yield

72 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town

22 km north-west of Champagnole

Nearest city

43 km south-west of Besançon 128,426 people

To the sea

376 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

214–552 m

Mean elevation

316 m

Measured over the whole outline on 13,317 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)95%

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

Communes · 97

Wineries · 16

• Cellier de Genne
• Château de Rotalier
• Domaine Cartaux Bougaud
• Domaine Foret
• Domaine Geneletti
• Domaine Grand
• Domaine Guillon
• Domaine Jacques Tissot
• Domaine Jaques Tissot
• Domaine Joly
• Domaine Les Monts Martin
• Domaine Mossu
• Domaine Pignier
• Ets Jacquier - Major de l'Isle
• Jean-Claude Gallois
• Philippe Butin

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Sources

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