Côtes de Bordeaux Francs

Côtes de Bordeaux Francs is a named sub-zone of Côtes de Bordeaux in France, covering 1,008.2 ha in Francs, Saint-Cibard and Tayac. That is 2.8% of the Côtes de Bordeaux appellation area. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km south-east of Coutras and 46 km east of Bordeaux.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Côtes de Bordeaux

Category

Vin de triees successives, Vin tranquille

Area

1,008.2 ha

Separate plots

17

Extent N–S × E–W

4.81 × 4.16 km

Centre

44.9581° N, 0.0156° W

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km south-east of Coutras

Nearest city

46 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

38 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

38–108 m

Mean elevation

71 m

Mean slope

3.4° (6 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 56,546 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks100%

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

Communes · 3

• Francs
• Saint-Cibard
• Tayac

Wineries · 2

• Château Le Puy
• Château de la Craffe

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Sources

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