Mâcon Loché

Mâcon Loché is a named sub-zone of Mâcon in France, covering 86.6 ha in Mâcon. That is 0.5% of the Mâcon appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 6.5 km south-west of Mâcon and 36 km north-west of Bourg-en-Bresse.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Mâcon

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Area

86.6 ha

Separate plots

28

Extent N–S × E–W

1.47 × 1.48 km

Centre

46.2765° N, 4.7627° E

Where it is

Nearest town

6.5 km south-west of Mâcon

Nearest city

36 km north-west of Bourg-en-Bresse 45,340 people

To the sea

300 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (4.8 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

187–277 m

Mean elevation

227 m

Mean slope

4.6° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 7°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 81,418 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)52%
• Unconsolidated sediments45%

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

Communes · 1

• Mâcon

Sources

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