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Muscadet

Appellation

Muscadet is an appellation in France, covering 18,275.9 ha across 65 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin primeur, Vin sur lie, Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
18,275.9 ha
Separate plots
229
Extent N–S × E–W
62.4 × 73.78 km
Centre
47.3380° N, 1.1380° W
Grapes
Chardonnay, Melon
Max yield
83 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Angers

Where it is

Nearest town
3.9 km south-east of Ancenis
Nearest city
34 km east of Nantes 325,070 people
To the sea
47 km
Rivers nearby
Loire (4.6 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
2–97 m
Mean elevation
42 m

Measured over the whole outline on 24,894 elevation cells of about 104 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Muscadet White
Melon
max 83 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Muscadet Sur Lie White
Melon
max 83 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 65

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Wineries · 15

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Sources

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

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