Switzerland · Cantonal AOC
AOC Neuchâtel
Appellation
AOC Neuchâtel is an appellation of Trois-Lacs in Switzerland. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
Vineyards along Lake Neuchâtel at the foot of the Jura. Chasselas and Pinot Noir, and the pale rosé Oeil-de-Perdrix.
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Key facts
- Type
- Cantonal AOC
- Extent N–S × E–W
- 35.28 × 49.78 km
- Centre
- 47.0061° N, 6.8346° E
- Wine region
- Trois-Lacs
Where it is
- Nearest town
- 7.5 km north-west of Neuchâtel
- Nearest city
- 10 km south of La Chaux-de-Fonds 37,942 people
- To the sea
- 326 km
- Rivers nearby
- Doubs (13 km) · Thielle (14 km)
- Lakes nearby
- Neuchâtel (4.3 km) · Murten (18 km) · Biel (19 km)
- Same latitude
- Vin du Québec (Canada), Royal Slope (United States)
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
- Elevation
- 428–1,541 m
- Mean elevation
- 912 m
Measured over the whole outline on 74,419 elevation cells of about 104 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock
- Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)75%
- Unconsolidated sediments21%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Wineries · 8
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