Lussac Saint-Emilion

Lussac Saint-Emilion is an appellation in France, covering 1,862.5 ha in Lussac. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.7 km south of Coutras and 41 km east 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

1,862.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

6.71 × 6.29 km

Centre

44.9664° N, 0.0957° W

Grapes

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

Max yield

65 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,500 vines/ha

INAO office

Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town

8.7 km south of Coutras

Nearest city

41 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

32 km

Same latitude

Leelanau Peninsula (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

29–85 m

Mean elevation

61 m

Mean slope

2.6° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 5°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 103,560 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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks100%

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

Communes · 1

• Lussac

Wineries · 1

• Château Roc de Perruchon

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Sources

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