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Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Gorges

Sub-zone

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Gorges is a named sub-zone of Muscadet Sèvre et Maine in France, covering 224.6 ha across 4 communes. That is 2.0% of the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: basic plutonic rocks. It lies 3.7 km north-west of Clisson and 21 km south-east of Nantes.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
224.6 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
2.9 × 5.49 km
Centre
47.1023° N, 1.3267° W

Where it is

Nearest town
3.7 km north-west of Clisson
Nearest city
21 km south-east of Nantes 325,070 people
To the sea
33 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
18–50 m
Mean elevation
38 m
Mean slope
2.2° (4 %)
Steepest tenth
above 4°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 55,642 elevation cells of about 6 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 4

Sources

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

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