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Bordeaux

Appellation

Bordeaux is an appellation in France, covering 235,249.9 ha across 449 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
235,249.9 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
118.62 × 108.1 km
Centre
44.8555° N, 0.1250° W
Grapes
Alvarinho, Arinarnoa, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Castets, Colombard, Cot, Liliorila, Marselan, Merlot Blanc, Merlot, Muscadelle, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon, Touriga Nacional, Ugni Blanc
Max yield
77 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,300 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km south-east of Libourne
Nearest city
36 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
33 km
Rivers nearby
Dordogne (2.3 km) · Auvézère (13 km)
Same latitude
Old Mission Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
-2–162 m
Mean elevation
47 m

Measured over the whole outline on 60,311 elevation cells of about 216 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bordeaux Clairet Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarmenèreCotMerlotPetit Verdot
max 68 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bordeaux Rosé
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarmenèreCotMerlotPetit Verdot
max 72 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bordeaux Clairet Rosé
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarmenèreCotMerlotPetit Verdot
max 72 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bordeaux White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 77 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha
Bordeaux Haut-Benauge White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 60 hl/ha · min 3,300 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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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

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

Communes · 449

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Inside Bordeaux · 1

Wineries · 384

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Sources

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

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