Beaujolais Pruzilly

Beaujolais Pruzilly is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 146.5 ha in Pruzilly. That is 0.4% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: acid volcanic rocks. It lies 8.1 km south-west of Charnay-lès-Mâcon and 11 km west of Mâcon.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Beaujolais

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Area

146.5 ha

Separate plots

6

Extent N–S × E–W

1.82 × 2.67 km

Centre

46.2599° N, 4.7057° E

Where it is

Nearest town

8.1 km south-west of Charnay-lès-Mâcon

Nearest city

11 km west of Mâcon 35,484 people

To the sea

298 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

302–507 m

Mean elevation

401 m

Mean slope

12.5° (22 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 138,027 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

• Acid volcanic rocks89%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)11%

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

Communes · 1

• Pruzilly

Sources

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