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Puligny-Montrachet premier cru

Premier cruSub-zone

Puligny-Montrachet premier cru is a premier cru sub-zone of Puligny-Montrachet in France, covering 122.1 ha in Puligny-Montrachet. That is 51.6% of the Puligny-Montrachet appellation area. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.2 km north of Chagny and 20 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Puligny-Montrachet
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
122.1 ha
Separate plots
16
Extent N–S × E–W
1.95 × 1.7 km
Centre
46.9464° N, 4.7379° E

Where it is

Nearest town
4.2 km north of Chagny
Nearest city
20 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people
To the sea
374 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
236–394 m
Mean elevation
284 m
Mean slope
6.2° (11 %)
Steepest tenth
above 10°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 117,281 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

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Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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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

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

Communes · 1

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Sources

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

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