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Sainte-Croix-du-Mont

Appellation

Sainte-Croix-du-Mont is an appellation in France, covering 614.4 ha in Sainte-Croix-Du-Mont. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris and Semillon. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 5.3 km north of Langon and 36 km south-east of Bordeaux.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin de triees successives
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
614.4 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
3.12 × 3.98 km
Centre
44.5982° N, 0.2712° W
Grapes
Muscadelle, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon
Max yield
44 hl/ha
Min planting density
5,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Bordeaux

Where it is

Nearest town
5.3 km north of Langon
Nearest city
36 km south-east of Bordeaux 265,328 people
To the sea
39 km
Rivers nearby
Garonne (1.6 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
7–118 m
Mean elevation
73 m
Mean slope
7.2° (13 %)
Steepest tenth
above 12°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 136,020 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Sainte-Croix-du-Mont White
MuscadelleSauvignonSauvignon GrisSemillon
max 44 hl/ha · min 5,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Bordeaux (red)

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306
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509
510
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518
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520
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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 · 1

Wineries · 11

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Sources

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

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