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Pineau des Charentes

Appellation

Pineau des Charentes is an appellation in France across 400 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOP
Category
Liqueur Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
1,025,535 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
138.41 × 161.76 km
Centre
45.7030° N, 0.4466° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Colombard, Cot, Folle Blanche, Jurançon Blanc, Merlot Blanc, Merlot, Meslier Saint-François, Montils, Sauvignon, Semillon, Trousseau Gris, Ugni Blanc
Max yield
45 hl/ha
Min planting density
2,200 vines/ha
Irrigation
Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town
9.2 km west of Cognac
Nearest city
47 km west of Angoulême 49,468 people
To the sea
38 km
Rivers nearby
Charente (1 km)
Same latitude
Columbia Gorge (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–220 m
Mean elevation
55 m

Measured over the whole outline on 57,156 elevation cells of about 427 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Pineau des Charentes Red · Liqueur Wine
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 45 hl/ha · min 2,200 vines/ha
Pineau des Charentes Rosé · Liqueur Wine
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 45 hl/ha · min 2,200 vines/ha
Pineau des Charentes White · Liqueur Wine
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonColombardFolle BlancheJurançon BlancMerlot BlancMerlotMeslier Saint-FrançoisMontilsSauvignonSemillonTrousseau GrisUgni Blanc
max 45 hl/ha · min 2,200 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 400

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Wineries · 22

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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