Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu

Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu is an appellation in France, covering 2,819.6 ha across 22 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Melon. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin sur lie, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

2,819.6 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

32.13 × 30.77 km

Centre

47.1442° N, 1.6706° W

Grapes

Melon

Max yield

66 hl/ha

Min planting density

6,500 vines/ha

INAO office

Angers

Where it is

Nearest town

next to Bouaye

Nearest city

8 km south of Saint-Herblain 46,898 people

To the sea

8.5 km

Rivers nearby

Loire (6.1 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

2–67 m

Mean elevation

27 m

Measured over the whole outline on 14,128 elevation cells of about 52 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)50%
• Unconsolidated sediments20%
• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)15%

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

Communes · 22

• Bouaye
• Brains
• Corcoue-Sur-Logne
• La Chevroliere
• La Limouziniere
• La Planche
• Le Bignon
• Lege
• Les Sorinieres
• Montbert
• Pont-Saint-Martin
• Port-Saint-Pere
• Rocheserviere
• Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu
• Saint-Colomban
• Saint-Leger-Les-Vignes
• Saint-Lumine-De-Coutais
• Saint-Mars-De-Coutais
• Saint-Philbert-De-Bouaine
• Saint-Philbert-De-Grand-Lieu
• Sainte-Pazanne
• Vieillevigne

Wineries · 1

• Vignoble FIOLLEAU - Domaine du logis

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Sources

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