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Côtes de Bordeaux

Appellation

Côtes de Bordeaux is an appellation in France, covering 35,945.9 ha across 88 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
2011-12-19
Area
35,945.9 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
85.95 × 54.88 km
Centre
45.1478° N, 0.6089° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Colombard, Cot, Merlot, Muscadelle, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon, Ugni Blanc
Max yield
72 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
4.7 km east of Blaye
Nearest city
34 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
5.2 km
Rivers nearby
Dordogne (19 km)
Same latitude
McMinnville (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
0–118 m
Mean elevation
49 m

Measured over the whole outline on 9,303 elevation cells of about 216 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Côtes de Bordeaux Francs Liquoreux White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Cadillac Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Castillon Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Blaye Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Francs Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Sainte-Foy Red
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Blaye White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Francs White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Côtes de Bordeaux Sainte-Foy White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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306
207
308
509
510
311
312
113
314
415
516
317
518
519
520
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522
423
224

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 · 88

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Inside Côtes de Bordeaux · 4

Wineries · 81

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Sources

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

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