Coteaux du Layon Rochefort-sur-Loire ou Rochefort

Coteaux du Layon Rochefort-sur-Loire ou Rochefort is a named sub-zone of Coteaux du Layon in France, covering 785.9 ha in Rochefort-Sur-Loire. That is 12.6% of the Coteaux du Layon appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 7 km south-west of Bouchemaine and 14 km south-west 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

785.9 ha

Separate plots

80

Extent N–S × E–W

5.56 × 5.58 km

Centre

47.3610° N, 0.6298° W

Where it is

Nearest town

7 km south-west of Bouchemaine

Nearest city

14 km south-west of Angers 168,279 people

To the sea

84 km

Rivers nearby

Loire (3.2 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

17–105 m

Mean elevation

69 m

Mean slope

4.7° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 10°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 49,267 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)72%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)28%

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

Communes · 1

• Rochefort-Sur-Loire

Sources

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