Saint-Bris

Saint-Bris is an appellation in France, covering 924.2 ha across 5 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Sauvignon and Sauvignon Gris. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.9 km south-east of Auxerre and 69 km south-west of Troyes.

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

1976-03-29

Area

924.2 ha

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

5.75 × 6.57 km

Centre

47.7425° N, 3.6727° E

Grapes

Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Min planting density

7,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Dijon

Where it is

Nearest town

9.9 km south-east of Auxerre

Nearest city

69 km south-west of Troyes 60,785 people

To the sea

309 km

Rivers nearby

Yonne (4.7 km)

Same latitude

Rocky Reach (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

132–288 m

Mean elevation

220 m

Mean slope

6.4° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 11°

Faces

north-west

Measured over the whole outline on 58,828 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Burgundy (red)

Vintages: Burgundy and Chablis (white)

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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)97%

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

Communes · 5

• Chitry
• Irancy
• Quenne
• Saint-Bris-Le-Vineux
• Vincelottes

Sources

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