Beaujolais Quincié-en-Beaujolais

Beaujolais Quincié-en-Beaujolais is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 1,096.8 ha in Quincie-En-Beaujolais. That is 2.8% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: basic volcanic rocks. It lies 9.1 km west of Belleville and 15 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

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

1,096.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

5.67 × 5.26 km

Centre

46.1129° N, 4.6319° E

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km west of Belleville

Nearest city

15 km north of Villefranche-sur-Saône 32,994 people

To the sea

282 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

236–569 m

Mean elevation

352 m

Mean slope

12.2° (22 %)

Steepest tenth

above 21°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 65,383 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

• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)54%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)31%
• Acid volcanic rocks15%

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

Communes · 1

• Quincie-En-Beaujolais

Sources

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