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France · Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Entre-deux-Mers Haut-Benauge

Sub-zone

Entre-deux-Mers Haut-Benauge is a named sub-zone of Entre-deux-Mers in France, covering 6,716.9 ha across 8 communes. That is 10.3% of the Entre-deux-Mers appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris and Semillon. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 15 km north of Langon and 34 km south-east of Bordeaux.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Entre-deux-Mers
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
6,716.9 ha
Separate plots
32
Extent N–S × E–W
15.9 × 12.17 km
Centre
44.6859° N, 0.2165° W

Where it is

Nearest town
15 km north of Langon
Nearest city
34 km south-east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
34 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
29–119 m
Mean elevation
75 m
Mean slope
3.5° (6 %)
Steepest tenth
above 7°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 93,878 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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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

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

Communes · 8

Wineries · 9

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Sources

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

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