Vin de Savoie Chignin

Vin de Savoie Chignin is a named sub-zone of Vin de Savoie in France, covering 130.3 ha in Chignin. That is 1.9% of the Vin de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.3 km south-east of Chambéry and 45 km north-east of Grenoble.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Vin de Savoie

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

130.3 ha

Separate plots

28

Extent N–S × E–W

2.84 × 2.78 km

Centre

45.5196° N, 6.0198° E

Where it is

Nearest town

9.3 km south-east of Chambéry

Nearest city

45 km north-east of Grenoble 158,552 people

To the sea

233 km

Rivers nearby

Arc (3.9 km)

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (19 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

286–577 m

Mean elevation

395 m

Mean slope

19.9° (36 %)

Steepest tenth

above 32°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 30,434 elevation cells of about 7 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)100%

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

Communes · 1

• Chignin

Sources

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