Bugey Cerdon

Bugey Cerdon is a named sub-zone of Bugey in France, covering 859.3 ha across 10 communes. That is 23.0% of the Bugey appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km south-east of Bourg-en-Bresse and 57 km north-east 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

Bugey

Category

Vin mousseux "Méthode ancestrale"

Area

859.3 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

16.15 × 11.84 km

Centre

46.1221° N, 5.3469° E

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km south-east of Bourg-en-Bresse

Nearest city

57 km north-east of Lyon 520,774 people

To the sea

286 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

247–647 m

Mean elevation

412 m

Mean slope

16.3° (29 %)

Steepest tenth

above 27°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 14,205 elevation cells of about 26 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)90%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks10%

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

Communes · 10

• Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat
• Boyeux-Saint-Jerome
• Cerdon
• Jujurieux
• L'Abergement-De-Varey
• Merignat
• Poncin
• Saint-Alban
• Saint-Jean-Le-Vieux
• Saint-Martin-Du-Mont

Sources

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