Puisseguin Saint-Emilion

Puisseguin Saint-Emilion is an appellation in France, covering 1,028 ha in Puisseguin. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 13 km east of Libourne 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

1,028 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

5.04 × 3.95 km

Centre

44.9302° N, 0.0756° 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

13 km east of Libourne

Nearest city

41 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

34 km

Same latitude

Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon (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

39–104 m

Mean elevation

75 m

Mean slope

4.3° (8 %)

Steepest tenth

above 10°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 227,481 elevation cells of about 7 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

• Puisseguin

Wineries · 3

• Cave Coopérative de Puisseguin
• Château Guillotin
• Château Haut Saint-Clair

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Sources

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