Canon Fronsac

Canon Fronsac is an appellation in France, covering 392.4 ha in Fronsac and Saint-Michel-De-Fronsac. The rules allow red wine, based on Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.3 km north-west of Libourne and 25 km east of Bordeaux.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

2011-12-16

Area

392.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

2.52 × 2.51 km

Centre

44.9332° N, 0.2896° W

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Max yield

65 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

4.3 km north-west of Libourne

Nearest city

25 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

18 km

Rivers nearby

Dordogne (1.3 km) · Auvézère (2.3 km)

Same latitude

Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon (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

3–79 m

Mean elevation

41 m

Mean slope

6.4° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 13°

Faces

several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 345,763 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

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 rocks100%

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

Communes · 2

• Fronsac
• Saint-Michel-De-Fronsac

Wineries · 4

• Château Barrabaque
• Château Cassagne Haut-Canon
• Château Gaby
• Château Pey Labrie

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Sources

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