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Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Clisson

Sub-zone

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Clisson is a named sub-zone of Muscadet Sèvre et Maine in France, covering 298.4 ha across 9 communes. That is 2.6% of the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies around the town of Clisson and 27 km south-east of Nantes.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
298.4 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
5.68 × 18.17 km
Centre
47.1000° N, 1.2422° W

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Clisson
Nearest city
27 km south-east of Nantes 325,070 people
To the sea
39 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
20–72 m
Mean elevation
45 m
Mean slope
1.8° (3 %)
Steepest tenth
above 4°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 5,163 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 9

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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