Graves de Vayres

Graves de Vayres is an appellation in France, covering 1,364.5 ha in Arveyres and Vayres. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 7.2 km west of Libourne and 21 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

1973-09-18

Area

1,364.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

5.69 × 5.45 km

Centre

44.8885° N, 0.3258° W

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot Blanc, Merlot, Muscadelle, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon

Max yield

72 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,500 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

7.2 km west of Libourne

Nearest city

21 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

18 km

Rivers nearby

Dordogne (2.4 km) · Auvézère (6 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

2–40 m

Mean elevation

24 m

Mean slope

1.6° (3 %)

Steepest tenth

above 3°

Faces

several directions, mostly east

Measured over the whole outline on 75,879 elevation cells of about 14 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

• Unconsolidated sediments100%

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

Communes · 2

• Arveyres
• Vayres

Sources

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