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Entre-deux-Mers

Appellation

Entre-deux-Mers is an appellation in France, covering 65,426.5 ha across 131 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris and Semillon. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
65,426.5 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
46.11 × 54.13 km
Centre
44.7495° N, 0.2289° W
Grapes
Colombard, Mauzac, Merlot Blanc, Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon, Ugni Blanc
Max yield
75 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
18 km south of Libourne
Nearest city
30 km south-east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
29 km
Rivers nearby
Dordogne (12 km) · Garonne (14 km) · Auvézère (19 km)
Same latitude
Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Willamette Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–138 m
Mean elevation
68 m

Measured over the whole outline on 62,217 elevation cells of about 109 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Entre-Deux-Mers White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 75 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha
Entre-Deux-Mers Haut-Benauge White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 75 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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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 · 131

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Inside Entre-deux-Mers · 1

Wineries · 55

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Sources

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

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