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Lalande-de-Pomerol

Appellation

Lalande-de-Pomerol is an appellation in France, covering 1,386.6 ha in Lalande-De-Pomerol and Neac. The rules allow red wine, based on Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cot and Merlot. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 5.4 km north-east of Libourne and 33 km east of Bordeaux.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
1,386.6 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
4.09 × 6.17 km
Centre
44.9495° N, 0.1941° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Max yield
65 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
5.4 km north-east of Libourne
Nearest city
33 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
24 km
Rivers nearby
Auvézère (5.1 km) · Dordogne (5.8 km)
Same latitude
Leelanau Peninsula (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
7–54 m
Mean elevation
29 m
Mean slope
1.2° (2 %)
Steepest tenth
above 2°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 77,157 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Lalande-de-Pomerol Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCotMerlot
max 65 hl/ha · min 5,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

505
306
207
308
509
510
311
312
113
314
415
516
317
518
519
520
221
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 · 2

Wineries · 6

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Sources

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

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