Listrac-Médoc

Listrac-Médoc is an appellation in France, covering 1,281.6 ha in Listrac-Medoc. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km south-west of Pauillac and 31 km north 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

1,281.6 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

6.21 × 6.25 km

Centre

45.0750° N, 0.7885° W

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

7,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km south-west of Pauillac

Nearest city

31 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

8.1 km

Lakes nearby

Hourtin-Carcans (24 km)

Same latitude

Eola-Amity Hills (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

12–46 m

Mean elevation

31 m

Mean slope

1.1° (2 %)

Steepest tenth

above 2°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 72,071 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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks72%
• Unconsolidated sediments28%

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

Communes · 1

• Listrac-Medoc

Wineries · 1

• Château Fonréaud - Vignobles Chanfreau

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Sources

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