Chorey-lès-Beaune

Chorey-lès-Beaune is an appellation in France, covering 152.3 ha in Chorey-Les-Beaune. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies around the town of Beaune and 32 km south-west of Dijon.

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

152.3 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

2.43 × 1.67 km

Centre

47.0501° N, 4.8564° E

Grapes

Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir

Max yield

64 hl/ha

Min planting density

9,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Beaune

Nearest city

32 km south-west of Dijon 159,941 people

To the sea

386 km

Same latitude

Vin du Québec (Canada), Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

220–245 m

Mean elevation

232 m

Mean slope

1.2° (2 %)

Steepest tenth

above 2°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 146,059 elevation cells of about 3 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

• Unconsolidated sediments92%

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

Communes · 1

• Chorey-Les-Beaune

Inside Chorey-lès-Beaune · 1

• Chorey-lès-Beaune ou Chorey-lès-Beaune Côte de BeauneSub-zone

Sources

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