Viré-Clessé

Viré-Clessé is an appellation in France, covering 548.1 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km north of Mâcon and 38 km south of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

548.1 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

7.56 × 4.07 km

Centre

46.4370° N, 4.8334° E

Grapes

Chardonnay

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Min planting density

7,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km north of Mâcon

Nearest city

38 km south of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

318 km

Same latitude

Rattlesnake Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

209–382 m

Mean elevation

257 m

Mean slope

5.0° (9 %)

Steepest tenth

above 10°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 33,737 elevation cells of about 13 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)98%

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

Communes · 4

• Clessé
• Laize
• Montbellet
• Vire

Inside Viré-Clessé · 1

• Viré-Clessé complété par une dénomination de climatSub-zone

Sources

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