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Volnay premier cru Le Village

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Volnay premier cru Le Village is a premier cru climat of Volnay in France, covering 3 ha in Volnay. That is 1.2% of the Volnay appellation area. The rules allow red wine, based on Pinot Noir. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 4.9 km west of Beaune and 25 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Volnay
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
3 ha
Separate plots
6
Extent N–S × E–W
0.38 × 0.45 km
Centre
47.0007° N, 4.7837° E

Where it is

Nearest town
4.9 km west of Beaune
Nearest city
25 km north of Chalon-sur-Saône 47,251 people
To the sea
381 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
273–307 m
Mean elevation
285 m
Mean slope
5.7° (10 %)
Steepest tenth
above 10°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 3,065 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

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510
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Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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510
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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

Neighbours

Sources

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

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