Touraine Noble Joué

Touraine Noble Joué is an appellation in France, covering 351.2 ha across 5 communes. The rules allow rosé wine, based on Meunier. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 2.8 km north-east of Veigné and 11 km south of Tours.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

351.2 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

8.9 × 11.1 km

Centre

47.3032° N, 0.7672° E

Grapes

Meunier, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir

Max yield

67 hl/ha

Min planting density

6,500 vines/ha

INAO office

Tours

Where it is

Nearest town

2.8 km north-east of Veigné

Nearest city

11 km south of Tours 141,621 people

To the sea

181 km

Same latitude

Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley (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

56–95 m

Mean elevation

87 m

Mean slope

1.5° (3 %)

Steepest tenth

above 3°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 5,935 elevation cells of about 26 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)85%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

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

Communes · 5

• Chambray-Les-Tours
• Esvres
• Joue-Les-Tours
• Larcay
• Saint-Avertin

Wineries · 2

• Dupuy Antoine et Vincent
• Rousseau Frères

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Sources

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