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Santenay premier cru

Premier cruSub-zone

Santenay premier cru is a premier cru sub-zone of Santenay in France, covering 139.9 ha in Santenay. That is 34.4% of the Santenay appellation area. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.4 km west of Chagny and 19 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Santenay
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
139.9 ha
Separate plots
15
Extent N–S × E–W
2.03 × 3.55 km
Centre
46.9171° N, 4.6947° E

Where it is

Nearest town
4.4 km west of Chagny
Nearest city
19 km north-west of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people
To the sea
371 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
222–364 m
Mean elevation
272 m
Mean slope
8.5° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 14°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 33,878 elevation cells of about 6 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

Inside Santenay premier cru · 12

Sources

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

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