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Premières Côtes de Bordeaux

Appellation

Premières Côtes de Bordeaux is an appellation in France, covering 12,002.8 ha across 38 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris and Semillon. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
12,002.8 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
39.36 × 25.22 km
Centre
44.6958° N, 0.3454° W
Grapes
Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon
Max yield
55 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
20 km south-east of Villenave-d'Ornon
Nearest city
25 km south-east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
27 km
Rivers nearby
Garonne (2.2 km) · Dordogne (21 km)
Same latitude
Willamette Valley (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
4–120 m
Mean elevation
64 m

Measured over the whole outline on 11,408 elevation cells of about 109 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Premières Côtes de Bordeaux White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 55 hl/ha · min 4,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

505
306
207
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509
510
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312
113
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415
516
317
518
519
520
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522
423
224

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

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

Communes · 38

Wineries · 59

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Sources

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

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