France · Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Touraine Amboise
Sub-zone
Touraine Amboise is a named sub-zone of Touraine in France, covering 772.1 ha across 10 communes. That is 2.0% of the Touraine appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 12 km east of Amboise and 21 km south-west of Blois.
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Key facts Type Dénomination géographique complémentaire Within Touraine Category Vin tranquille Area 772.1 ha Extent N–S × E–W 9.41 × 18.34 km Centre 47.4609° N, 1.1254° E Where it is Nearest town 12 km east of Amboise Nearest city 21 km south-west of Blois 53,660 people To the sea 228 km Rivers nearby Loire (0.6 km) Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 66–121 m Mean elevation 98 m Mean slope 3.7° (6 %) Steepest tenth above 8° Faces several directions, mostly north-west Measured over the whole outline on 13,290 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)78% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)12% Unconsolidated sediments10% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 10 Amboise Cangey Charge Chaumont-Sur-Loire Limeray Mosnes Nazelles-Negron Poce-Sur-Cisse Rilly-Sur-Loire Saint-Regle Sources INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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