Pouilly-Fuissé premier cru Aux Quarts

Pouilly-Fuissé premier cru Aux Quarts is a premier cru climat of Pouilly-Fuissé in France, covering 11.2 ha in Chaintre. That is 1.4% of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.6 km south-west of Mâcon and 36 km 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

Pouilly-Fuissé

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

11.2 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.44 × 0.59 km

Centre

46.2630° N, 4.7616° E

Where it is

Nearest town

7.6 km south-west of Mâcon

Nearest city

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

To the sea

298 km

Rivers nearby

Sane (4.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

236–279 m

Mean elevation

268 m

Mean slope

4.9° (9 %)

Steepest tenth

above 8°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 10,583 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 sediments33%
• Acid volcanic rocks15%

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

Communes · 1

• Chaintre

Neighbours

• Pouilly-Fuissé premier cru Le Clos Reyssier
• Pouilly-Vinzelles premier cru Les Longeays

Sources

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