France · AOP
Cabernet de Saumur
Appellation
Cabernet de Saumur is an appellation in France across 33 communes. The rules allow rosé wine, based on Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOP Category Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 66,621 ha outline of listed communes Extent N–S × E–W 37.18 × 37.71 km Centre 47.1494° N, 0.1600° W Grapes Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon Max yield 69 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha Irrigation Prohibited Where it is Nearest town 10 km south-east of Doué-la-Fontaine Nearest city 14 km south-west of Saumur 33,229 people To the sea 119 km Rivers nearby Loire (15 km) · Vienne (19 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 22–126 m Mean elevation 60 m Measured over the whole outline on 62,235 elevation cells of about 104 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 Rosé Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Rosé Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)67% Unconsolidated sediments23% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)10% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 33 Artannes-Sur-Thouet Bellevigne-Les-Châteaux Berrie Brossay Cizay-La-Madeleine Courchamps Curçay-Sur-Dive Distré Doué-En-Anjou Fontevraud-L'Abbaye Glénouze Le Coudray-Macouard Le Puy-Notre-Dame Les Trois-Moutiers Les Ulmes Montreuil-Bellay Montsoreau Parnay Pouançay Ranton Rou-Marson Saint-Just-Sur-Dive Saint-Léger-De-Montbrillais Saint-Martin-De-Mâcon Saix Saumur Souzay-Champigny Ternay Tourtenay Turquant Varrains Vaudelnay Épieds Wineries · 35 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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