Qu’est-ce que le Mâconnais ?
Terroir bourguignon le plus méridional, le Mâconnais étend ses vignes sur 35 km de long, entre Sennecey-le-Grand et Saint-Vérand. Large de 10 km, cette région est délimitée par deux vallées : celle de la Grosne, à l’ouest, et celle de la Saône, à l’est. Là, vous découvrirez un pays viticole à deux visages.
Quels sont les vins du Mâconnais ?
Mâcon Villages : Azé, Bray, Burgy, Bussières, Chaintré, Chardonnay, Charnay-lès-Mâcon, Cruzille, Davayé, Fuissé, Igé, Loché, Lugny, Mancey, Milly-Lamartine, Montbellet, Péronne, Pierreclos, Prissé, La Roche-Vineuse, Saint-Gengoux-le-National, Solutré-Pouilly, Uchizy, Vergisson, Verzé, Vinzelles.
Quel fleuve passe à maçon ?
La Grande Saône
La Grande Saône, à partir de Verdun-sous-le-Doubs après la confluence avec son affluent le plus important, le Doubs. La rivière s’étale paresseusement sur 167 km dans la plaine alluviale et peut atteindre jusqu’à 300 m de large à Mâcon.
Where is Mâconnais located?
- The Mâconnais district is located in the south of the Burgundy wine region in France, west of the Saône river. It takes its name from the town of Mâcon.
What kind of wine is Maconnais?
- Maconnais Wine. The Mâconnais wine region in the south of Burgundy is centered around – and named after – the provincial town of Mâcon. The area produces a considerable quantity of wine, specializing in white wines made from Chardonnay and a smaller number of red wines made from Pinot Noir and Gamay. Unlike the Côte d’Or to the north,…
What makes Burgundy's Mâconnais so special?
- The Mâconnais is currently perhaps Burgundy’s most dynamic region. In the past only Pouilly-Fuissé – source of rich and ripe white wines – stood out from the crowd, but not only are such satellite appellations as Pouilly-Vinzelles and the newly-created (ie in 1998) Viré-Clessé coming alive, but a new generation of gro
What is the climate like in Mâconnais?
- The Mâconnais climate shows signs of its proximity to the Rhône Valley, with warmer-than-average temperatures, lower rainfall and – perhaps most significantly – less risk of vine-damaging spring frosts.
