Grands-Echezeaux
Styles
Terroir
Natural factors
- To the north: Hercynian Palaeozoic basement (granites, porphyries, schists), sandy or clayey soils with an acidic reaction.
- To the south: sedimentary formations from the Triassic and Jurassic; calcareous soils, more clayey and deeper.
- Zone covering 85 communes in the Rhône and 11 in Saône-et-Loire; the 'Villages' designation is restricted to 30 + 8 communes in the north.
Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.