Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Le Pallet

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Le Pallet is a named sub-zone of Muscadet Sèvre et Maine in France, covering 213.4 ha in La Chapelle-Heulin and Le Pallet. That is 1.9% of the Muscadet Sèvre et Maine appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 5.7 km south-west of Vallet and 20 km south-east of Nantes.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

213.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

3.68 × 4.24 km

Centre

47.1302° N, 1.3275° W

Where it is

Nearest town

5.7 km south-west of Vallet

Nearest city

20 km south-east of Nantes 325,070 people

To the sea

32 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

13–51 m

Mean elevation

34 m

Mean slope

2.2° (4 %)

Steepest tenth

above 4°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 13,733 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)52%
• Basic plutonic rocks38%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)10%

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

Communes · 2

• La Chapelle-Heulin
• Le Pallet

Wineries · 1

• Bedouet

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Sources

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