Cérons (wine region)
The Cérons wine-growing region is named after the town of the same name, Cérons . The approximately 120 hectare area is located on the left bank of the Garonne within the large wine-growing region of Graves in the Bordeaux region . Vineyards are permitted within the municipalities of Cérons, Illsats and Podensac in the Gironde department . The designation of origin has had the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short) since September 11, 1936 .
For the 2005 vintage , a total of 1,863 hectoliters of wine were declared under the name of the appellation. The vineyard area was 51 hectares at the same time . This means that the area has been decreasing for a number of years, since in 1996 84 hectares were used to produce wine.
Under the name Cérons, only noble sweet white wines are produced from the Sauvignon Blanc , Sémillon and Muscadelle grape varieties . Dry white or red wines from the area are marketed under the Graves name. The regulation requires that the must contains at least 212 g sugar per liter (→ must weight ). After fermentation , the minimum alcohol content in the wine must be 12.5 percent by volume. The basic yield is a maximum of 40 hl / ha. The planting density is between 6,500 and 7,500 vines / hectare. The density may only be reduced to 5,000 sticks / hectare on slopes with loamy soil.
The wines are a bit slimmer than in the neighboring Sauternes and Barsac growing areas . The wines can be stored for about 5 to 15 years, depending on the vintage. The drinking temperature should be between 6 and 8 ° C.
literature
- Féret: Bordeaux et ses vins . Féret, Bordeaux 2000, ISBN 2-90241-617-2
- René Gabriel : Bordeaux Total . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-05114-2
- Robert Parker : Parker Bordeaux . Gräfe & Unzer, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-774-26580-1
- Jancis Robinson: The Oxford Wine Lexicon . Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7742-0914-6 .
- Pierre Galet: Cépages et Vignobles de France . Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 . (French language)
- Benoît France: Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . Éditions SOLAR publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 . (French language)