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Pessac-Léognan

Appellation

Pessac-Léognan is an appellation in France, covering 4,487.3 ha across 10 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 5.2 km south of Villenave-d'Ornon and 10 km south-east of Pessac.

Appellation created in 1987 from the northern part of the Graves, south of Bordeaux city. Home of Château Haut-Brion, the only first growth outside the Médoc in 1855, and of fine dry whites.
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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
4,487.3 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
15.3 × 14.49 km
Centre
44.7328° N, 0.5609° W
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cot, Merlot, Muscadelle, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon
Max yield
60 hl/ha
Min planting density
6,500 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
5.2 km south of Villenave-d'Ornon
Nearest city
10 km south-east of Pessac 57,944 people
To the sea
18 km
Rivers nearby
Garonne (5.9 km)
Same latitude
Willamette Valley (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
4–60 m
Mean elevation
35 m
Mean slope
1.5° (3 %)
Steepest tenth
above 3°
Faces
several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 64,629 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Pessac-Léognan Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonCarmenèreCotMerlotPetit Verdot
max 60 hl/ha · min 6,500 vines/ha
Pessac-Léognan White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 60 hl/ha · min 6,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

505
306
207
308
509
510
311
312
113
314
415
516
317
518
519
520
221
522
423
224

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

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

Communes · 10

Wineries · 10

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Sources

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

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