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Mercurey

Appellation

Mercurey is an appellation in France, covering 790.5 ha in Mercurey and Saint-Martin-Sous-Montaigu. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.8 km north-west of Châtenoy-le-Royal and 11 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
790.5 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
5.09 × 4.27 km
Centre
46.8353° N, 4.7258° E
Grapes
Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Max yield
64 hl/ha
Min planting density
8,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town
7.8 km north-west of Châtenoy-le-Royal
Nearest city
11 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people
To the sea
362 km
Same latitude
Beverly Washington (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
216–391 m
Mean elevation
273 m
Mean slope
6.2° (11 %)
Steepest tenth
above 12°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 48,539 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Mercurey Red
Pinot Noir
max 58 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha
Mercurey Premier Cru Red
Pinot Noir
max 56 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha
Mercurey White
Chardonnay
max 64 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha
Mercurey Premier Cru White
Chardonnay
max 62 hl/ha · min 8,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

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306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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309
510
311
412
313
514
415
316
517
418
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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

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

Communes · 2

Inside Mercurey · 33

Wineries · 1

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Sources

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

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