Blaye

Blaye is an appellation in France across 39 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOP

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

60,894 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

33.27 × 34.16 km

Centre

45.1979° N, 0.5489° W

Grapes

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

Max yield

60 hl/ha

Min planting density

6,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

12 km north-east of Blaye

Nearest city

40 km north of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

10 km

Rivers nearby

Dordogne (23 km)

Same latitude

McMinnville (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

-2–105 m

Mean elevation

34 m

Measured over the whole outline on 53,265 elevation cells of about 108 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks84%
• Unconsolidated sediments16%

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

Communes · 39

• Anglade
• Berson
• Blaye
• Braud-Et-Saint-Louis
• Campugnan
• Cars
• Cartelègue
• Cavignac
• Civrac-De-Blaye
• Cubnezais
• Cézac
• Donnezac
• Eyrans
• Fours
• Générac
• Laruscade
• Marcenais
• Marsas
• Mazion
• Plassac
• Pleine-Selve
• Reignac
• Saint-Androny
• Saint-Aubin-De-Blaye
• Saint-Christoly-De-Blaye
• Saint-Ciers-Sur-Gironde
• Saint-Genès-De-Blaye
• Saint-Girons-D'Aiguevives
• Saint-Mariens
• Saint-Martin-Lacaussade
• Saint-Palais
• Saint-Paul
• Saint-Savin
• Saint-Seurin-De-Cursac
• Saint-Vivien-De-Blaye
• Saint-Yzan-De-Soudiac
• Saugon
• Val-De-Livenne
• Étauliers

Wineries · 17

• Château Bel Air La Royère
• Château Borgeat de Lagrange
• Château La Haie
• Château Le Camplat
• Château Les Chaumes
• Château Les Vieux Moulins
• Château Marquis de Vauban
• Château Morillon
• Château Nodot
• Château Peybonhomme
• Château Roland Lagarde
• Château haut Lambert
• Château l'Haur du chay
• Domaine des Graves d'Ardonneau
• EARL Desbordes
• Pouyau de Boisset
• Producteur de vin

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications