France · AOC
Cabernet d'Anjou
Appellation
Cabernet d'Anjou is an appellation in France, covering 36,200.7 ha across 85 communes. The rules allow rosé wine, based on Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin primeur, Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 36,200.7 ha Extent N–S × E–W 77.45 × 107.92 km Centre 47.2524° N, 0.4340° W Grapes Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon Max yield 69 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Angers
Where it is Nearest town 14 km north-west of Doué-la-Fontaine Nearest city 26 km south of Angers 168,279 people To the sea 116 km Rivers nearby Loire (18 km) · Conie (22 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 -1–130 m Mean elevation 66 m Measured over the whole outline on 13,504 elevation cells of about 207 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Cabernet d’Anjou Rosé Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)57% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)37% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 85 Show all 85 Allonnes Angers Artannes-Sur-Thouet Aubigne-Sur-Layon Beaulieu-Sur-Layon Bellevigne-En-Layon Bellevigne-Les-Chateaux Berrie Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Bouchemaine Brain-Sur-Allonnes Brion-Pres-Thouet Brissac Loire Aubance Brossay Cernusson Chalonnes-Sur-Loire Champtoce-Sur-Loire Chaudefonds-Sur-Layon Chemille-En-Anjou Cizay-La-Madeleine Clere-Sur-Layon Courchamps Curcay-Sur-Dive Denee Deneze-Sous-Doue Distre Doue-En-Anjou Epieds Fontevraud-L'Abbaye Gennes-Val-De-Loire Glenouze Huille-Lezigne Ingrandes-Le Fresne Sur Loire Jarze Villages La Possonniere Le Coudray-Macouard Le Puy-Notre-Dame Les Garennes Sur Loire Les Trois-Moutiers Les Ulmes Loretz-D'Argenton Louresse-Rochemenier Lys-Haut-Layon Mauges-Sur-Loire Maze-Milon Montilliers Montreuil-Bellay Montsoreau Moze-Sur-Louet Murs-Erigne Oree D'Anjou Parnay Passavant-Sur-Layon Pouancay Ranton Rives-Du-Loir-En-Anjou Rochefort-Sur-Loire Rou-Marson Saint-Cyr-La-Lande Saint-Georges-Sur-Loire Saint-Germain-Des-Pres Saint-Just-Sur-Dive Saint-Leger-De-Montbrillais Saint-Macaire-Du-Bois Saint-Martin-De-Macon Saint-Martin-De-Sanzay Saint-Melaine-Sur-Aubance Sainte-Gemmes-Sur-Loire Sainte-Verge Saix Saumur Savennieres Soulaines-Sur-Aubance Souzay-Champigny Ternay Terranjou Thouars Tourtenay Tuffalun Turquant Val En Vignes Val-Du-Layon Varennes-Sur-Loire Varrains Vaudelnay
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Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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