Saint-Sardos

Appellation

Saint-Sardos is an appellation in France across 23 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Syrah and Tannat. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type: AOP
Category: Wine
Protected since: 1978-03-17
Area: 41,205 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 26.56 × 28.38 km
Centre: 43.8847° N, 1.0815° E
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Syrah, Tannat
Max yield: 63 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: 17 km south of Castelsarrasin
Nearest city: 26 km south-west of Montauban 52,434 people
To the sea: 171 km
Rivers nearby: Garonne (9.2 km)
Same latitude: Prince Edward County (Canada), Eagle Foothills (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 71–288 m
Mean elevation: 161 m

Measured over the whole outline on 136,462 elevation cells of about 55 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.