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The wine region of Mâcon

The wine region of Mâcon is located in the region of Mâconnais of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vignes du Maynes or the Domaine Jean Manciat produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mâcon are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mâcon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, banana or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of lemon peel, nectarine or floral.

The wine region of Mâconnais

The Mâconnais wine region in Southern Burgundy is centred on the provincial town of Mâcon, from which it takes its name. The region produces a considerable amount 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, where a band of densely planted vines runs roughly north-south across the countryside, the vineyards of the Mâconnais are more sparsely planted and interspersed with land devoted to other forms of agriculture. The landscape here is made up of rolling limestone hills, bordered to the east by the Saône River, which flows south to join the Rhône just outside Lyon.