Bourg

Bourg is an appellation in France across 15 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km north-east of Parempuyre and 25 km north of Bordeaux.

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

Key facts

Official name

Bourg / Côtes de Bourg / Bourgeais

Type

AOP

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

10,368 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

12.7 × 15.28 km

Centre

45.0624° N, 0.5543° W

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Colombard, Cot, Merlot, Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon

Max yield

72 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,500 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

13 km north-east of Parempuyre

Nearest city

25 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

2.1 km

Rivers nearby

Dordogne (8.6 km)

Same latitude

Eola-Amity Hills (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

-2–94 m

Mean elevation

30 m

Mean slope

2.8° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 143,281 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks79%
• Unconsolidated sediments21%

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

Communes · 15

• Bayon-Sur-Gironde
• Bourg
• Comps
• Gauriac
• Lansac
• Mombrier
• Prignac-Et-Marcamps
• Pugnac
• Saint-Ciers-De-Canesse
• Saint-Seurin-De-Bourg
• Saint-Trojan
• Samonac
• Tauriac
• Teuillac
• Villeneuve

Wineries · 10

• Château Nodoz
• Château de Barbe
• Château de Calmeilh
• Château de Cots
• Château les Graves de Viaud
• Châteay Tayac
• Fougas
• Le Tertre de Camillac
• Les trois petiotes
• Roc de Cambes

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications