France · AOC
Muscadet
Appellation
Muscadet is an appellation in France, covering 18,275.9 ha across 65 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin primeur, Vin sur lie, Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 18,275.9 ha Extent N–S × E–W 62.4 × 73.78 km Centre 47.3380° N, 1.1380° W Grapes Chardonnay, Melon Max yield 83 hl/ha Min planting density 5,000 vines/ha INAO office Angers Where it is Nearest town 3.9 km south-east of Ancenis Nearest city 34 km east of Nantes 325,070 people To the sea 47 km Rivers nearby Loire (4.6 km) Same latitude Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 2–97 m Mean elevation 42 m Measured over the whole outline on 24,894 elevation cells of about 104 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules White Melon
max 83 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
White Melon
max 83 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)47% Basic plutonic rocks20% Acid plutonic rocks (granite)17% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 65 Show all 65 Aigrefeuille-Sur-Maine Ancenis-Saint-Gereon Basse-Goulaine Bouaye Brains Carquefou Chateau-Thebaud Clisson Corcoue-Sur-Logne Couffe Cugand Divatte-Sur-Loire Getigne Gorges Haute-Goulaine La Boissiere-Du-Dore La Chapelle-Heulin La Chevroliere La Haie-Fouassiere La Limouziniere La Planche La Regrippiere La Remaudiere Le Bignon Le Cellier Le Landreau Le Loroux-Bottereau Le Pallet Lege Les Sorinieres Ligne Loireauxence Maisdon-Sur-Sevre Mauges-Sur-Loire Mauves-Sur-Loire Mesanger Monnieres Montaigu-Vendee Montbert Mouzillon Oree D'Anjou Oudon Pont-Saint-Martin Port-Saint-Pere Remouille Rocheserviere Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu Saint-Colomban Saint-Fiacre-Sur-Maine Saint-Hilaire-De-Clisson Saint-Julien-De-Concelles Saint-Leger-Les-Vignes Saint-Lumine-De-Clisson Saint-Lumine-De-Coutais Saint-Mars-De-Coutais Saint-Philbert-De-Bouaine Saint-Philbert-De-Grand-Lieu Sainte-Pazanne Sevremoine Thouare-Sur-Loire Vair-Sur-Loire Vallet Vertou Vieillevigne Villeneuve-En-Retz Wineries · 15 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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