Beaujolais Rivolet

Beaujolais Rivolet is a named sub-zone of Beaujolais in France, covering 129.7 ha in Rivolet. That is 0.3% of the Beaujolais appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 9.1 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône and 34 km north of Lyon.

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

129.7 ha

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

1.37 × 2.49 km

Centre

46.0072° N, 4.6040° E

Where it is

Nearest town

9.1 km north-west of Villefranche-sur-Saône

Nearest city

34 km north of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

270 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

298–518 m

Mean elevation

403 m

Mean slope

17.5° (32 %)

Steepest tenth

above 26°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 30,488 elevation cells of about 7 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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)72%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks15%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)13%

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

Communes · 1

• Rivolet

Sources

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