Saint-Julien

Saint-Julien is an appellation in France, covering 1,048.9 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 4.9 km south of Pauillac and 38 km north of Bordeaux.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

1,048.9 ha

Separate plots

4

Extent N–S × E–W

7.54 × 6.94 km

Centre

45.1566° N, 0.7592° W

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

7,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

4.9 km south of Pauillac

Nearest city

38 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

2.9 km

Lakes nearby

Hourtin-Carcans (25 km)

Same latitude

McMinnville (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

2–28 m

Mean elevation

17 m

Mean slope

1.3° (2 %)

Steepest tenth

above 3°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 58,605 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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

• Unconsolidated sediments98%

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

Communes · 4

• Cussac-Fort-Medoc
• Pauillac
• Saint-Julien-Beychevelle
• Saint-Laurent-Medoc

Wineries · 9

• Château Beychevelle
• Château Branaire-Ducru
• Château Branaire-Ducru
• Château Gloria
• Château Lalande Borie
• Château Léoville
• Château Saint-Pierre
• Château Talbot
• Château du Glana

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Sources

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