Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire

Appellation

Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire is an appellation in France, covering 1,839 ha across 17 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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Key facts

Type: AOC
Category: Vin sur lie, Vin tranquille
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 1,839 ha
Separate plots: 59
Extent N–S × E–W: 23.6 × 39.97 km
Centre: 47.3372° N, 1.1381° W
Grapes: Melon
Max yield: 66 hl/ha
Min planting density: 6,500 vines/ha
INAO office: Angers

Where it is

Nearest town: 3.9 km south of Ancenis
Nearest city: 34 km east of Nantes 325,070 people
To the sea: 47 km
Rivers nearby: Loire (4.7 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: 5–97 m
Mean elevation: 60 m

Measured over the whole outline on 2,880 elevation cells of about 104 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Muscadet Coteaux de la Loire White

Melon

max 66 hl/ha · min 6,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)91%

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

Communes · 17

Ancenis-Saint-Gereon
Carquefou
Couffe
Divatte-Sur-Loire
La Boissiere-Du-Dore
La Remaudiere
Le Cellier
Le Loroux-Bottereau
Ligne
Loireauxence
Mauges-Sur-Loire
Mauves-Sur-Loire
Mesanger
Oree D'Anjou
Oudon
Thouare-Sur-Loire
Vair-Sur-Loire

Wineries · 2

Domaine du Pavillon
Le domaine de la Gironnière

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Sources

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

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