Chénas

Chénas is an appellation in France, covering 323 ha in Chénas and La Chapelle-De-Guinchay. The rules allow red wine, based on Gamay. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 13 km south-west of Mâcon and 25 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

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

323 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

2.8 × 5.56 km

Centre

46.2183° N, 4.7354° E

Grapes

Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay, Melon

Max yield

61 hl/ha

Min planting density

6,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Mâcon

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km south-west of Mâcon

Nearest city

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

To the sea

293 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (5.3 km)

Same latitude

Goose Gap (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

188–499 m

Mean elevation

259 m

Mean slope

6.4° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 15°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 19,792 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)53%
• Unconsolidated sediments47%

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

Communes · 2

• Chénas
• La Chapelle-De-Guinchay

Wineries · 3

• Domaine Bernard Santé
• Guillaume Bouchacourt
• Hirsch Céline et Nicolas

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Sources

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