Bonnezeaux

Bonnezeaux is an appellation in France, covering 154.3 ha in Bellevigne-En-Layon. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 17 km south of Les Ponts-de-Cé and 23 km south of Angers.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin de triees successives

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

154.3 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

1.73 × 2.65 km

Centre

47.2692° N, 0.4903° W

Grapes

Chenin

Max yield

30 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Angers

Where it is

Nearest town

17 km south of Les Ponts-de-Cé

Nearest city

23 km south of Angers 168,279 people

To the sea

116 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

32–94 m

Mean elevation

75 m

Mean slope

6.6° (12 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 37,873 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)98%

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

Communes · 1

• Bellevigne-En-Layon

Sources

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