Vin de Savoie Montmélian

Vin de Savoie Montmélian is a named sub-zone of Vin de Savoie in France, covering 163.9 ha in Montmelian and Porte-De-Savoie. That is 2.3% of the Vin de Savoie appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9 km north-east of Pontcharra and 13 km south-east of Chambéry.

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

163.9 ha

Separate plots

14

Extent N–S × E–W

1.75 × 3.32 km

Centre

45.5109° N, 6.0626° E

Where it is

Nearest town

9 km north-east of Pontcharra

Nearest city

13 km south-east of Chambéry 61,640 people

To the sea

224 km

Rivers nearby

Arc (0.6 km)

Lakes nearby

du Bourget (21 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

278–597 m

Mean elevation

381 m

Mean slope

22.0° (40 %)

Steepest tenth

above 34°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 37,286 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)98%

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

Communes · 2

• Montmelian
• Porte-De-Savoie

Sources

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