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Saint-Emilion grand cru

Grand cruAppellation

Saint-Emilion grand cru is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 7,102.9 ha across 9 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km south-east of Libourne and 38 km east of Bordeaux.

Right-bank appellation around the medieval town of Saint-Émilion, dominated by Merlot and Cabernet Franc on limestone plateau, slopes and sand. It has its own classification, revised about every ten years.
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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
7,102.9 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
10.29 × 14.14 km
Centre
44.8844° N, 0.0996° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Max yield
55 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
12 km south-east of Libourne
Nearest city
38 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
33 km
Rivers nearby
Dordogne (4.3 km)
Same latitude
Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon (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
2–108 m
Mean elevation
32 m
Mean slope
1.9° (3 %)
Steepest tenth
above 4°
Faces
several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 97,423 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarmenèreCotMerlot
max 55 hl/ha · min 5,500 vines/ha
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Grand Cru Classé/Premier Grand Cru Classé Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarmenèreCotMerlot
max 55 hl/ha · min 5,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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423
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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 · 9

Wineries · 52

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Sources

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

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