France · Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Touraine Mesland
Sub-zone
Touraine Mesland is a named sub-zone of Touraine in France, covering 1,440.5 ha across 4 communes. That is 3.7% of the Touraine appellation area. The rules allow rosé, white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 15 km south-west of Blois and 38 km east of Tours.
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Key facts Type Dénomination géographique complémentaire Within Touraine Category Vin tranquille Area 1,440.5 ha Separate plots 236 Extent N–S × E–W 7.25 × 15.48 km Centre 47.5077° N, 1.1834° E Where it is Nearest town 15 km south-west of Blois Nearest city 38 km east of Tours 141,621 people To the sea 224 km Rivers nearby Loire (2.5 km) Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 60–110 m Mean elevation 95 m Mean slope 2.2° (4 %) Steepest tenth above 4° Faces south-east Measured over the whole outline on 23,784 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)74% Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)22% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 4 Mesland Monteaux Valloire-Sur-Cisse Veuzain-Sur-Loire Sources INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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