Vin de Savoie Marignan

Vin de Savoie Marignan is a named sub-zone of Vin de Savoie in France, covering 53.3 ha in Sciez. That is 0.8% of the Vin de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 10 km west of Thonon-les-Bains and 22 km north-east of Geneva.

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

53.3 ha

Separate plots

9

Extent N–S × E–W

1.33 × 1.83 km

Centre

46.3210° N, 6.3686° E

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km west of Thonon-les-Bains

Nearest city

22 km north-east of Geneva 201,741 people

To the sea

295 km

Lakes nearby

Geneva (3.3 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

407–556 m

Mean elevation

448 m

Mean slope

7.4° (13 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

north

Measured over the whole outline on 49,997 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)50%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)33%
• Unconsolidated sediments17%

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

Communes · 1

• Sciez

Sources

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