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Côtes de Sambre et Meuse

Appellation

Côtes de Sambre et Meuse is an appellation in Belgium across 199 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
BOB / AOP (PDO)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2006-02-17
Area
1,377,328 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
145.33 × 169.87 km
Centre
50.1555° N, 5.3973° E
Grapes
Auxerrois, Bronner, Chardonnay, Chasselas, Chenin, Dornfelder, Gamay, Gewürztraminer, Johanniter, Madeleine Angevine, Merlot, Merzling, Muscat, Optima, Ortega, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Regent, Riesling, Rivaner, Traminer
Other grapes
Cabernet Blanc, Cabernet Dorsa, Cabernet Jura, Cabertin, Gamaret, Garanoir, Hélios, Müller Thurgau, Phoenix, Pinotin, Rondo, Saint-Laurent, Solaris
Max yield
65 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
4.9 km north-east of Nassogne
Nearest city
55 km south-west of Liège 195,278 people
To the sea
146 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
48–691 m
Mean elevation
297 m

Measured over the whole outline on 90,925 elevation cells of about 392 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 199

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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