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Cabernet de Saumur

Appellation

Cabernet de Saumur is an appellation in France across 33 communes. The rules allow rosé wine, based on Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOP
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
66,621 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
37.18 × 37.71 km
Centre
47.1494° N, 0.1600° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
Max yield
69 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town
10 km south-east of Doué-la-Fontaine
Nearest city
14 km south-west of Saumur 33,229 people
To the sea
119 km
Rivers nearby
Loire (15 km) · Vienne (19 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
22–126 m
Mean elevation
60 m

Measured over the whole outline on 62,235 elevation cells of about 104 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

Cabernet de Saumur Rosé
Cabernet FrancCabernet Sauvignon
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Cabernet de Saumur Premier/Nouveau Rosé
Cabernet FrancCabernet Sauvignon
max 69 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 33

Wineries · 35

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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