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Rosé de Loire

Appellation

Rosé de Loire is an appellation in France, covering 75,184.4 ha across 219 communes. The rules allow rosé wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1976-03-29
Area
75,184.4 ha
Separate plots
410
Extent N–S × E–W
92.43 × 216.54 km
Centre
47.2968° N, 0.1426° E
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamay, Grolleau Gris, Grolleau, Pineau D'Aunis, Pinot Noir
Max yield
72 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Angers

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km east of Saumur
Nearest city
44 km west of Tours 141,621 people
To the sea
146 km
Rivers nearby
Loire (6.6 km) · Vienne (10 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
8–170 m
Mean elevation
77 m

Measured over the whole outline on 9,778 elevation cells of about 415 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Rosé de Loire Rosé
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonGamayGrolleau GrisGrolleauPineau D'AunisPinot Noir
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 219

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Wineries · 117

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Sources

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

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