Menetou-Salon

Menetou-Salon is an appellation in France, covering 975.8 ha across 10 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Pinot Noir and Sauvignon. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 16 km north-east of Bourges and 56 km north-west of Nevers.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

975.8 ha

Separate plots

11

Extent N–S × E–W

9.25 × 18.82 km

Centre

47.2107° N, 2.4951° E

Grapes

Pinot Noir, Sauvignon

Max yield

75 hl/ha

Min planting density

6,200 vines/ha

INAO office

Tours

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km north-east of Bourges

Nearest city

56 km north-west of Nevers 43,988 people

To the sea

293 km

Same latitude

Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

173–334 m

Mean elevation

235 m

Mean slope

5.0° (9 %)

Steepest tenth

above 8°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 15,821 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)95%

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

Communes · 10

• Aubinges
• Humbligny
• Menetou-Salon
• Morogues
• Parassy
• Pigny
• Quantilly
• Saint-Ceols
• Soulangis
• Vignoux-Sous-Les-Aix

Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)