Savennières Coulée de Serrant

Savennières Coulée de Serrant is an appellation in France in Savennières. The rules allow white wine, based on Chenin. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 5.3 km west of Bouchemaine and 12 km south-west of Angers.

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

Key facts

Type

AOP

Category

Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

2,138 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

7.08 × 5.87 km

Centre

47.4077° N, 0.6762° W

Grapes

Chenin

Max yield

35 hl/ha

Min planting density

5,000 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

5.3 km west of Bouchemaine

Nearest city

12 km south-west of Angers 168,279 people

To the sea

82 km

Rivers nearby

Loire (3.3 km) · Conie (5 km)

Same latitude

Rocky Reach (United States), Vin du Québec (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

16–80 m

Mean elevation

60 m

Mean slope

1.9° (3 %)

Steepest tenth

above 4°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 129,346 elevation cells of about 13 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

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)85%
• Unconsolidated sediments10%

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

Communes · 1

• Savennières

Wineries · 3

• Damien LAUREAU
• Domaine aux Moines
• Loïc Mahé

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications