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Beaujolais

Appellation

Beaujolais is an appellation in France, covering 39,656 ha across 88 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin primeur, Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
39,656 ha
Separate plots
33
Extent N–S × E–W
49.26 × 26.84 km
Centre
46.0591° N, 4.6109° E
Grapes
Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay De Bouze, Gamay De Chaudenay, Gamay, Melon, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Max yield
75 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône
Nearest city
39 km north of Lyon 520,774 people
To the sea
276 km
Rivers nearby
Sane (11 km)
Same latitude
Horse Heaven Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
172–745 m
Mean elevation
335 m

Measured over the whole outline on 148,444 elevation cells of about 53 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Beaujolais Red
Gamay
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Villages Red
Gamay
max 63 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Supérieur Red
Gamay
max 63 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Primeur/Nouveau Red
Gamay
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Rosé
Gamay
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Villages Rosé
Gamay
max 63 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Primeur/Nouveau Rosé
Gamay
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais White
Chardonnay
max 75 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Beaujolais Villages White
Chardonnay
max 73 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

505
306
307
308
409
510
311
412
313
314
515
416
417
418
519
520
321
422
423
324

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

405
406
407
408
309
510
311
412
313
514
415
316
517
418
419
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 · 88

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Inside Beaujolais · 29

Wineries · 39

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Sources

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

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