Anjou Brissac

Appellation

Anjou Brissac is an appellation in France, covering 2,508.1 ha across 7 communes. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.9 km south of Bouchemaine and 12 km south-west of Angers.

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Key facts

Type: AOC
Category: Vin tranquille
Area: 2,508.1 ha
Extent N–S × E–W: 9.15 × 16.04 km
Centre: 47.3698° N, 0.5943° W
INAO office: Angers

Where it is

Nearest town: 5.9 km south of Bouchemaine
Nearest city: 12 km south-west of Angers 168,279 people
To the sea: 87 km
Rivers nearby: Loire (4 km) · Conie (5 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: 18–94 m
Mean elevation: 58 m
Mean slope: 2.7° (5 %)
Steepest tenth: above 5°
Faces: several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 41,732 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)80%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)15%

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

Communes · 7

Brissac Loire Aubance
Denee
Les Garennes Sur Loire
Moze-Sur-Louet
Murs-Erigne
Saint-Melaine-Sur-Aubance
Soulaines-Sur-Aubance

Sources

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

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