Bugey Manicle

Bugey Manicle is a named sub-zone of Bugey in France, covering 23.8 ha in Chazey-Bons and Cheignieu-La-Balme. That is 0.6% of the Bugey appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.4 km north of Belley and 36 km north-west of Chambéry.

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 tranquille

Area

23.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.51 × 1.21 km

Centre

45.8227° N, 5.6305° E

Where it is

Nearest town

8.4 km north of Belley

Nearest city

36 km north-west of Chambéry 61,640 people

To the sea

256 km

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (15 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

307–506 m

Mean elevation

352 m

Mean slope

18.9° (34 %)

Steepest tenth

above 33°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 22,073 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

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)38%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks33%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)28%

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

Communes · 2

• Chazey-Bons
• Cheignieu-La-Balme

Sources

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