Saumur (mousseux)

Saumur (mousseux) is a named sub-zone of Saumur in France, covering 346 ha in Brissac Loire Aubance and Saint-Macaire-Du-Bois. That is 2.1% of the Saumur appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Saumur

Category

Vin mousseux, Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Area

346 ha

Separate plots

47

Extent N–S × E–W

28.27 × 7.15 km

Centre

47.1016° N, 0.2755° W

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km south of Doué-la-Fontaine

Nearest city

23 km south-west of Saumur 33,229 people

To the sea

109 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

48–85 m

Mean elevation

61 m

Measured over the whole outline on 1,529 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)98%

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

Communes · 2

• Brissac Loire Aubance
• Saint-Macaire-Du-Bois

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)