Coteaux du Layon Rablay-sur-Layon ou Rablay

Coteaux du Layon Rablay-sur-Layon ou Rablay is a named sub-zone of Coteaux du Layon in France, covering 164.9 ha in Bellevigne-En-Layon. That is 2.7% of the Coteaux du Layon appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 15 km south-west of Les Ponts-de-Cé and 20 km south of Angers.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Coteaux du Layon

Category

Vin de sélection de grains nobles, Vin de triees successives

Area

164.9 ha

Separate plots

9

Extent N–S × E–W

2.04 × 3.22 km

Centre

47.2923° N, 0.5908° W

Where it is

Nearest town

15 km south-west of Les Ponts-de-Cé

Nearest city

20 km south of Angers 168,279 people

To the sea

115 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

29–68 m

Mean elevation

58 m

Mean slope

3.1° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 40,749 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)57%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)43%

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

Communes · 1

• Bellevigne-En-Layon

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)