Appellation
Mâcon
Identity card
RegionalAOPWhiteRedRosé
Burgundy › Mâconnais · Recognised on 31 July 1937
- Grand cru
- Premier cru
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- Plain Mâcon: white at most 70 hl/ha, red and rosé at most 64.
- White-wine plots only on limestone or slightly decalcified soils.
Grape varieties
White
Accessory varieties: Aligoté, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris
Chardonnay · at least 90% of the holding's vines
Accessories (incl. Melon, Sacy under agreement): at most 10% of vines, 15% of the wine
Melon and Sacy: at most 5% of vines, 10% of the wine
Production rules
5,000
vines/ha
Minimum planting density
- Minimum planting density
- The fewest vines allowed per hectare. For the same yield, more vines means fewer grapes on each. For reference: 4,000 vines/ha to 9,000 vines/ha across 136 Oenopia appellations of the same colour.
Terroir
- Lie of the land: Long parallel ridges separated by faults
- Soils: Granite or schist bedrock, then Jurassic limestone
- Climate: Oceanic with a southern lean; 11 °C on average
Wine style
- White
- power and finesse
- fresh and aromatic
- green-gold colour
- Red
- Blackcurrant
- Raspberry
- fleshy and full
- Rosé
- fresh
- easy-drinking
- fruity
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
7 August 2026
Arrêté du 7 août 2026 homologuant le cahier des charges de l'AOP « Mâcon » (JORF n°0188 du 13 août 2026, texte n°12 ; BO Agri du 20 août 2026), qui abroge l'arrêté du 19 décembre 2023. Appellation initialement reconnue par le décret du 31 juillet 1937.
Labelling terms
- Followed by one of 27 geographical names (Lugny, Fuissé…)
- "Villages": white wines only
- "Primeur" or "nouveau": whites and rosés
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceArrêté du 7 août 2026 homologuant le cahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine protégée « Mâcon »— Légifrance — Journal officiel de la République française
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Mâcon »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / Ministère de l'agriculture
- Trade bodyMâcon-Villages — fiche appellation— Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB)
The Mâconnais's base appellation, recognised in 1937, AOC Mâcon covers nearly 90 communes of the Saône-et-Loire, between the Saône plain and the Grosne valley, reaching the Monts du Beaujolais to the south. It comes in three forms: Mâcon on its own, in white, red and rosé; Mâcon followed by one of twenty-seven complementary geographical names, most often a commune (Lugny, Fuissé, Pierreclos…); and Mâcon followed by the word "Villages", reserved for whites. Whites are Chardonnay, reds and rosés Gamay and Pinot Noir, and Gamay alone when a complementary name follows.
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