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Bourg

Appellation

Bourg is an appellation in France across 15 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km north-east of Parempuyre and 25 km north of Bordeaux.

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Key facts

Official name
Bourg / Côtes de Bourg / Bourgeais
Type
AOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
10,368 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
12.7 × 15.28 km
Centre
45.0624° N, 0.5543° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Colombard, Cot, Merlot, Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon
Max yield
72 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
13 km north-east of Parempuyre
Nearest city
25 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
2.1 km
Rivers nearby
Dordogne (8.6 km)
Same latitude
Eola-Amity Hills (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–94 m
Mean elevation
30 m
Mean slope
2.8° (5 %)
Steepest tenth
above 6°
Faces
several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 143,281 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bourg/Côtes de Bourg/Bourgeais Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Bourg/Côtes de Bourg/Bourgeais White
ColombardMuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

505
306
207
308
509
510
311
312
113
314
415
516
317
518
519
520
221
522
423
224

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 15

Wineries · 10

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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