Beaujolais does not stop at the Rhône: its northern tip spills into Saône-et-Loire, around Saint-Amour, the only fully Mâconnais cru, and the Villages of the northern fringe. A Beaujolais estate for sale in Saône-et-Loire thus plays on two boards: Beaujolais identity and immediate proximity to the Mâconnais.
This crossroads position has a concrete consequence: many estates here combine Beaujolais crus, Saint-Véran and Mâcon — a red/white complementarity that stabilises turnover and widens the pool of potential buyers.
Saint-Amour enjoys singular fame and steady demand; its granite slopes trade at the top of the cru range. Around it, Beaujolais-Villages plots and vines claimable under Mâconnais appellations make up most of the supply.
Departmental sales are fewer than in the Rhône, but they belong to Burgundy's most active market: Saône-et-Loire as a whole records the region's highest volume of vineyard transactions every year.
Based on DVF data, the table below tracks vine sales in Saône-et-Loire and the evolution of prices recorded in Saône-et-Loire.
Year | Sales | Average price (€/ha) | Median price (€/ha) |
2020* | 41 | 87,446 | 85,614 |
2021 | 91 | 83,913 | 75,901 |
2022 | 78 | 91,430 | 83,649 |
2023 | 84 | 84,461 | 76,581 |
2024 | 84 | 87,867 | 78,794 |
2025 | 107 | 89,072 | 77,174 |
Source: French DVF land registry, vine sales. *2020: second half only.
Our dedicated page on vineyard prices in France sets these values in the national landscape.
To position a file, cross-reference Beaujolais and Mâconnais benchmarks: our dedicated pages give both sets, and our listings cover the whole sector.
On the buildings side, the sector keeps handsome stone winegrowers' houses and the semi-buried cellars typical of upper Beaujolais: an asset for projects mixing production and hospitality (gîte, tasting cellar), much in demand within an hour of both Lyon and Mâcon.
See the Beaujolais vineyard, Beaujolais in the Rhône and Burgundy in Saône-et-Loire.
