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Bourgogne aligoté

Appellation

Bourgogne aligoté is an appellation in France, covering 54,981.1 ha across 272 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Aligoté. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin primeur, Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
54,981.1 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
200.96 × 128.78 km
Centre
46.9571° N, 4.7392° E
Grapes
Aligoté
Max yield
75 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town
5.4 km north of Chagny
Nearest city
21 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people
To the sea
376 km
Rivers nearby
Doubs (18 km) · Sane (20 km) · Saône (22 km)
Same latitude
Royal Slope (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
100–555 m
Mean elevation
283 m

Measured over the whole outline on 4,477 elevation cells of about 416 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bourgogne Aligoté White
Aligoté
max 75 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

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

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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406
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309
510
311
412
313
514
415
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517
418
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520
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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 · 272

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Wineries · 82

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Sources

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

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