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Bonnezeaux

Appellation

Bonnezeaux is an appellation in France, covering 154.3 ha in Bellevigne-En-Layon. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 17 km south of Les Ponts-de-Cé and 23 km south of Angers.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin de triees successives
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
154.3 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
1.73 × 2.65 km
Centre
47.2692° N, 0.4903° W
Grapes
Chenin
Max yield
30 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Angers

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km south of Les Ponts-de-Cé
Nearest city
23 km south of Angers 168,279 people
To the sea
116 km
Same latitude
Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
32–94 m
Mean elevation
75 m
Mean slope
6.6° (12 %)
Steepest tenth
above 14°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 37,873 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bonnezeaux White
Chenin
max 30 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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