Saint-Romain

Saint-Romain is an appellation in France, covering 147 ha in Saint-Romain. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.6 km west of Beaune and 26 km north of Chalon-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

147 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

2.11 × 1.27 km

Centre

46.9970° N, 4.7191° 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

9.6 km west of Beaune

Nearest city

26 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people

To the sea

380 km

Same latitude

Royal Slope (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

289–434 m

Mean elevation

360 m

Mean slope

10.2° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 141,487 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)100%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Romain

Inside Saint-Romain · 1

• Saint-Romain ou Saint-Romain Côte de BeauneSub-zone

Sources

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