France · AOC
Médoc
Appellation
Médoc is an appellation in France, covering 28,004.5 ha across 40 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 28,004.5 ha Separate plots 44 Extent N–S × E–W 61.39 × 36.92 km Centre 45.0869° N, 0.7530° W Grapes Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot Max yield 65 hl/ha Min planting density 5,000 vines/ha INAO office Bordeaux Where it is Nearest town 8.4 km west of Blaye Nearest city 31 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people To the sea 4.9 km Rivers nearby Dordogne (23 km) Lakes nearby Hourtin-Carcans (27 km) Same latitude Eola-Amity Hills (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation -1–46 m Mean elevation 15 m Measured over the whole outline on 26,956 elevation cells of about 108 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenère Cot Merlot Petit Verdot
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
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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 Unconsolidated sediments63% Mixed sedimentary rocks37% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 40 Arcins Arsac Avensan Begadan Blaignan-Prignac Blanquefort Cissac-Medoc Civrac-En-Medoc Couqueques Cussac-Fort-Medoc Castelnau-De-Médoc Gaillan-En-Medoc Jau-Dignac-Et-Loirac Labarde Le Taillan-Medoc Lesparre-Medoc Listrac-Medoc Ludon-Medoc Lamarque Le Pian-Médoc Macau Margaux-Cantenac Moulis-En-Medoc Ordonnac Parempuyre Pauillac Queyrac Saint-Christoly-Medoc Saint-Estephe Saint-Germain-D'Esteuil Saint-Julien-Beychevelle Saint-Laurent-Medoc Saint-Sauveur Saint-Vivien-De-Medoc Saint-Yzans-De-Medoc Soussans Saint-Seurin-De-Cadourne Valeyrac Vensac Vertheuil Wineries · 88 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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