Vin de Savoie Ayze

Vin de Savoie Ayze is a named sub-zone of Vin de Savoie in France, covering 214.4 ha in Ayse, Bonneville and Marignier. That is 3.1% of the Vin de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies next to Bonneville and 25 km south-east of Geneva.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Vin de Savoie

Category

Vin mousseux, Vin tranquille

Area

214.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

3.27 × 9.24 km

Centre

46.0814° N, 6.4257° E

Where it is

Nearest town

next to Bonneville

Nearest city

25 km south-east of Geneva 201,741 people

To the sea

268 km

Lakes nearby

Annecy (28 km) · Geneva (30 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

447–656 m

Mean elevation

523 m

Mean slope

17.3° (31 %)

Steepest tenth

above 26°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 13,030 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)98%

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

Communes · 3

• Ayse
• Bonneville
• Marignier

Sources

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