Saint-Estèphe

Saint-Estèphe is an appellation in France, covering 1,554.9 ha in Saint-Estephe. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 6 km north of Pauillac and 48 km north of Bordeaux.

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

1,554.9 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

5.55 × 4.89 km

Centre

45.2490° N, 0.7818° W

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

7,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

6 km north of Pauillac

Nearest city

48 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

3.1 km

Lakes nearby

Hourtin-Carcans (25 km)

Same latitude

Yamhill-Carlton (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

1–30 m

Mean elevation

14 m

Mean slope

1.7° (3 %)

Steepest tenth

above 4°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 86,860 elevation cells of about 14 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

• Unconsolidated sediments75%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks25%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Estephe

Wineries · 6

• Château Cos Labory
• Château Cos d'Estournel
• Château Lafon Rochet
• Château Lilian Ladouys
• Château Montrose
• Château Sérilhan

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Sources

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