Quarts de Chaume

Quarts de Chaume is an appellation in France, covering 48.8 ha in Rochefort-Sur-Loire. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km south-west of Bouchemaine and 18 km south-west of Angers.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin de triees successives

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

48.8 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

0.94 × 1.0 km

Centre

47.3192° N, 0.6452° W

Grapes

Chenin

Max yield

25 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Angers

Where it is

Nearest town

12 km south-west of Bouchemaine

Nearest city

18 km south-west of Angers 168,279 people

To the sea

83 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

19–80 m

Mean elevation

53 m

Mean slope

7.3° (13 %)

Steepest tenth

above 13°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 47,445 elevation cells of about 3 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)54%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)27%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)19%

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

Communes · 1

• Rochefort-Sur-Loire

Sources

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