France · AOC
Anjou
Appellation
Anjou is an appellation in France, covering 36,200.7 ha across 85 communes. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin mousseux, Vin primeur, Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 36,200.7 ha Extent N–S × E–W 77.45 × 107.92 km Centre 47.2524° N, 0.4340° W Grapes Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin, Cot, Gamay, Grolleau Gris, Grolleau, Pineau D'Aunis, Sauvignon Max yield 76 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Angers
Where it is Nearest town 14 km north-west of Doué-la-Fontaine Nearest city 26 km south of Angers 168,279 people To the sea 116 km Rivers nearby Loire (18 km) · Conie (22 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 -1–130 m Mean elevation 66 m Measured over the whole outline on 13,507 elevation cells of about 207 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Anjou Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Gamay Grolleau Gris Grolleau Pineau D'Aunis
max 76 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Anjou White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chenin
max 76 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Anjou Red Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Anjou Gamay Red Gamay
max 72 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Anjou White Chenin
max 65 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Cabernet d’Anjou Rosé Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Rosé d’Anjou Rosé Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Cot Gamay Grolleau Gris Grolleau Pineau D'Aunis
max 75 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)47% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)36% Unconsolidated sediments12% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 85 Show all 85 Allonnes Angers Artannes-Sur-Thouet Aubigne-Sur-Layon Beaulieu-Sur-Layon Bellevigne-En-Layon Bellevigne-Les-Chateaux Berrie Blaison-Saint-Sulpice Bouchemaine Brain-Sur-Allonnes Brion-Pres-Thouet Brissac Loire Aubance Brossay Cernusson Chalonnes-Sur-Loire Champtoce-Sur-Loire Chaudefonds-Sur-Layon Chemille-En-Anjou Cizay-La-Madeleine Clere-Sur-Layon Courchamps Curcay-Sur-Dive Denee Deneze-Sous-Doue Distre Doue-En-Anjou Epieds Fontevraud-L'Abbaye Gennes-Val-De-Loire Glenouze Huille-Lezigne Ingrandes-Le Fresne Sur Loire Jarze Villages La Possonniere Le Coudray-Macouard Le Puy-Notre-Dame Les Garennes Sur Loire Les Trois-Moutiers Les Ulmes Loretz-D'Argenton Louresse-Rochemenier Lys-Haut-Layon Mauges-Sur-Loire Maze-Milon Montilliers Montreuil-Bellay Montsoreau Moze-Sur-Louet Murs-Erigne Oree D'Anjou Parnay Passavant-Sur-Layon Pouancay Ranton Rives-Du-Loir-En-Anjou Rochefort-Sur-Loire Rou-Marson Saint-Cyr-La-Lande Saint-Georges-Sur-Loire Saint-Germain-Des-Pres Saint-Just-Sur-Dive Saint-Leger-De-Montbrillais Saint-Macaire-Du-Bois Saint-Martin-De-Macon Saint-Martin-De-Sanzay Saint-Melaine-Sur-Aubance Sainte-Gemmes-Sur-Loire Sainte-Verge Saix Saumur Savennieres Soulaines-Sur-Aubance Souzay-Champigny Ternay Terranjou Thouars Tourtenay Tuffalun Turquant Val En Vignes Val-Du-Layon Varennes-Sur-Loire Varrains Vaudelnay
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Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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