Roussette de Savoie Frangy

Roussette de Savoie Frangy is a named sub-zone of Roussette de Savoie in France, covering 119.7 ha in Chaumont, Desingy and Frangy. That is 1.9% of the Roussette de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Altesse. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km south of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and 22 km north-west of Annecy.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Roussette de Savoie

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

119.7 ha

Separate plots

29

Extent N–S × E–W

4.91 × 7.87 km

Centre

46.0094° N, 5.8818° E

Where it is

Nearest town

12 km south of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Nearest city

22 km north-west of Annecy 49,232 people

To the sea

283 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (3.9 km)

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (22 km) · Annecy (23 km) · Geneva (29 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

304–556 m

Mean elevation

403 m

Mean slope

13.5° (24 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 7,454 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

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

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)55%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)45%

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

Communes · 3

• Chaumont
• Desingy
• Frangy

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)