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Sancerre

Sancerre is a French PDO, protected since 1973. The registered specification allows 2 grape varieties, grown within a delimited zone of 229 km².

Delimited area
229 km²
Permitted varieties
2
Max yield
75 hl/ha

The delimited zone

BourgesNevers100 km
The official boundary, from the EU PDO geospatial inventory (Sci Data 9, 394), shown over its surroundings. Backdrop cartography: Natural Earth (public domain).

What may go in the bottle

The registered specification authorises 2 grape varieties for these product categories: wine.

The rules of the appellation

Product categoriesWine
Maximum yield75 hl/ha
Minimum planting density6100 vines/ha
IrrigationProhibited
Delimited municipalities14 communes
EU file numberPDO-FR-A0194
Sources. Regulatory data: eAmbrosia, the EU geographical indications register (file PDO-FR-A0194) and the EU wine PDO inventory, Sci Data 9, 394 (2022), CC BY 4.0. Weather: Open-Meteo historical archive (CC BY 4.0). Every number on this page is calculated from the records cited above, and every rule is taken straight from them. Nothing here is machine-written filler.