Bouzeron | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Chalon-sur-Saône |
Canton: | Chagny |
Insee: | 71051 |
Postal Code: | 71150 |
Mayor: | Yves Martin[1] |
Term: | 2024 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Le Grand Chalon |
Coordinates: | 46.8903°N 4.7272°W |
Elevation M: | 350 |
Elevation Min M: | 221 |
Elevation Max M: | 405 |
Area Km2: | 3.7 |
Bouzeron (in French pronounced as /buzʁɔ̃/) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Bouzeron is a wine-growing village located near Chagny. It is NaNabbr=offNaNabbr=off from Beaune and 25km (16miles) from Chalon-sur-Saône.
See main article: Bouzeron AOC. Bouzeron is also an appellation d'origine contrôlée in the Cote Chalonnaise sub-region of Burgundy for a white wine made exclusively from the Aligoté grape, created in 1998. It is the only communal appellation for Aligoté wine, the rest of them being sold under the regional appellation Bourgogne Aligoté AOC. Pinot noir and Chardonnay wines are also produced in the commune, but sold under the appellations Bourgogne rouge or blanc or Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise.