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Coteaux de Saumur
Appellation
Coteaux de Saumur is an appellation in France, covering 3,043.1 ha across 28 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 3,043.1 ha Separate plots 21 Extent N–S × E–W 31.07 × 25.01 km Centre 47.1274° N, 0.2318° W Grapes Chenin Max yield 40 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Angers Where it is Nearest town 8.1 km south of Doué-la-Fontaine Nearest city 19 km south-west of Saumur 33,229 people To the sea 114 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 28–122 m Mean elevation 68 m Measured over the whole outline on 13,097 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules White Chenin
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)98% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 28 Bellevigne-Les-Chateaux Berrie Cizay-La-Madeleine Courchamps Curcay-Sur-Dive Distre Doue-En-Anjou Epieds Fontevraud-L'Abbaye Glenouze Le Coudray-Macouard Le Puy-Notre-Dame Les Trois-Moutiers Les Ulmes Montsoreau Parnay Pouancay Ranton Saint-Leger-De-Montbrillais Saint-Martin-De-Macon Saix Saumur Souzay-Champigny Ternay Tourtenay Turquant Varrains Vaudelnay Wineries · 11 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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