France · AOC
Cahors
Appellation
Cahors is an appellation in France, covering 21,103.4 ha across 42 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Cot. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 21,103.4 ha Separate plots 50 Extent N–S × E–W 25.89 × 44.9 km Centre 44.4574° N, 1.3531° E Grapes Cot, Merlot, Tannat Max yield 60 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Gaillac Where it is Nearest town 6.7 km west of Cahors Nearest city 49 km north of Montauban 52,434 people To the sea 158 km Rivers nearby Lot (3.3 km) Same latitude Champlain Valley of New York (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 70–342 m Mean elevation 208 m Measured over the whole outline on 81,340 elevation cells of about 55 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Cot
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)63% Unconsolidated sediments18% Mixed sedimentary rocks18% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 42 Show all 42 Albas Anglars-Juillac Arcambal Barguelonne-En-Quercy Bélaye Cahors Caillac Cambayrac Carnac-Rouffiac Castelfranc Catus Cieurac Crayssac Douelle Duravel Flaujac-Poujols Floressas Grézels Labastide-Du-Vert Lacapelle-Cabanac Lagardelle Lamagdelaine Luzech Mauroux Mercuès Nuzéjouls Parnac Pescadoires Pontcirq Porte-Du-Quercy Pradines Prayssac Puy-L'Évêque Saint-Médard Saint-Vincent-Rive-D'Olt Sauzet Soturac Sérignac Touzac Trespoux-Rassiels Villesèque Vire-Sur-Lot Wineries · 15 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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