Premières Côtes de Bordeaux

Premières Côtes de Bordeaux is an appellation in France, covering 12,002.8 ha across 38 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris and Semillon. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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

12,002.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

39.36 × 25.22 km

Centre

44.6958° N, 0.3454° W

Grapes

Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon

Max yield

55 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,500 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

20 km south-east of Villenave-d'Ornon

Nearest city

25 km south-east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

27 km

Rivers nearby

Garonne (2.2 km) · Dordogne (21 km)

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (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

4–120 m

Mean elevation

64 m

Measured over the whole outline on 11,408 elevation cells of about 109 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks60%
• Unconsolidated sediments40%

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

Communes · 38

• Bassens
• Baurech
• Beguey
• Bouliac
• Cadillac
• Cambes
• Camblanes-Et-Meynac
• Capian
• Carbon-Blanc
• Cardan
• Carignan-De-Bordeaux
• Cenac
• Donzac
• Floirac
• Gabarnac
• Haux
• Langoiran
• Laroque
• Latresne
• Le Tourne
• Lestiac-Sur-Garonne
• Lormont
• Loupiac
• Monprimblanc
• Omet
• Paillet
• Quinsac
• Rions
• Saint-Caprais-De-Bordeaux
• Saint-Germain-De-Grave
• Saint-Maixant
• Sainte-Croix-Du-Mont
• Sainte-Eulalie
• Semens
• Tabanac
• Verdelais
• Villenave-De-Rions
• Yvrac

Wineries · 59

• Chateau Garbes-Cabanieu
• Château Amanieu d'Albret
• Château Barreyre
• Château Bertranon
• Château Brethous
• Château Chasse Pierre
• Château Clarens
• Château Courtade Dubuc
• Château Couteau
• Château Crabitan Bellevue
• Château Dauphiné-Rondillon
• Château Fayau
• Château Jean Lamat
• Château La Clyde
• Château La Mouleyre
• Château La Peyruche
• Château La Rame
• Château Lafitte
• Château Lagarette
• Château Lagarosse
• Château Lagrange
• Château Lamothe
• Château Latour Camblanes
• Château Les Hauts de Palette
• Château Loubens
• Château Loupiac-Gaudiet
• Château Mazarin
• Château Mirefleurs
• Château Mons-Lagraveyre
• Château Mourlannes
• Château Muscadet
• Château Pascot
• Château Peneau
• Château Renon
• Château Roustit
• Château Saint-Ourens
• Château Sissan
• Château Suau
• Château Tertre de Pezelin
• Château de Beaupuy

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Sources

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