Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux

Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux is an appellation in France across 19 communes. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOP

Category

Liqueur Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

20,869 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

18.98 × 23.01 km

Centre

44.7892° N, 0.1644° E

Grapes

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Colombard, Cot, Merlot, Muscadelle, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon, Ugni Blanc

Max yield

72 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,500 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

26 km west of Bergerac

Nearest city

59 km east of Bordeaux 265,328 people

To the sea

57 km

Rivers nearby

Dordogne (4.2 km)

Same latitude

Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

4–132 m

Mean elevation

72 m

Measured over the whole outline on 71,451 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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 rocks78%
• Unconsolidated sediments22%

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

Communes · 19

• Caplong
• Eynesse
• Gensac
• La Roquille
• Landerrouat
• Les Lèves-Et-Thoumeyragues
• Ligueux
• Margueron
• Massugas
• Pellegrue
• Pessac-Sur-Dordogne
• Pineuilh
• Riocaud
• Saint-André-Et-Appelles
• Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire
• Saint-Avit-De-Soulège
• Saint-Philippe-Du-Seignal
• Saint-Quentin-De-Caplong
• Sainte-Foy-La-Grande

Wineries · 2

• Château de Parenchère
• Château les Mauberts Privat

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications