Coteaux du Layon Faye-d'Anjou ou Faye

Coteaux du Layon Faye-d'Anjou ou Faye is a named sub-zone of Coteaux du Layon in France, covering 616.8 ha in Bellevigne-En-Layon. That is 9.9% of the Coteaux du Layon appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 16 km south of Les Ponts-de-Cé and 22 km south of Angers.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Coteaux du Layon

Category

Vin de sélection de grains nobles, Vin de triees successives

Area

616.8 ha

Separate plots

79

Extent N–S × E–W

4.52 × 6.53 km

Centre

47.2785° N, 0.5135° W

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km south of Les Ponts-de-Cé

Nearest city

22 km south of Angers 168,279 people

To the sea

116 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

24–102 m

Mean elevation

74 m

Mean slope

6.0° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 38,362 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)70%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)30%

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

Communes · 1

• Bellevigne-En-Layon

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)