Roussette de Savoie Monthoux

Roussette de Savoie Monthoux is a named sub-zone of Roussette de Savoie in France, covering 23.4 ha in Saint-Jean-De-Chevelu. That is 0.4% of the Roussette de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Altesse. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 6 km north-west of Aix-les-Bains and 17 km north of Chambéry.

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

23.4 ha

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

1.5 × 0.94 km

Centre

45.7037° N, 5.8335° E

Where it is

Nearest town

6 km north-west of Aix-les-Bains

Nearest city

17 km north of Chambéry 61,640 people

To the sea

249 km

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (2.1 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

345–520 m

Mean elevation

434 m

Mean slope

20.5° (37 %)

Steepest tenth

above 32°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 22,055 elevation cells of about 3 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)52%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks41%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Jean-De-Chevelu

Sources

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