Saint-Estèphe (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc | |
| Canton | Le Nord-Médoc | |
| Community association | Médoc Coeur de Presqu'île | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 16 ′ N , 0 ° 46 ′ W | |
| height | 0-31 m | |
| surface | 23.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,615 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 69 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33180 | |
| INSEE code | 33395 | |
| Website | Saint-Estephe | |
Saint-Estèphe is a French wine-growing village on the Médoc - the peninsula at Bordeaux and belongs to the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The 23.54 km² community has 1615 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Almost half of the area of the municipality is planted with vines. The municipality is located about nine kilometers north of Pauillac and 57 km northwest of Bordeaux. The inhabitants are called Stéphanois .
In addition to the main village, the community is divided into several hamlets and many individual farms.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 2120 | 2171 | 2317 | 2118 | 1918 | 1799 | 1683 | 1615 |
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Saint-Estèphe wine region
- → Main article: Saint-Estèphe (wine region)
The place also marks the northernmost of the four local appellations for viticulture; the other local appellations of the Médoc are Pauillac , Saint-Julien and Margaux .
The most famous wineries of Saint-Estèphe are the large estates Château Cos d'Estournel and Château Montrose , both located in the south near the border with the neighboring municipality of Pauillac . In addition to them, there are over a hundred other, mostly smaller, wineries.
The wines from Saint-Estèphe are generally found to be somewhat stronger and more severe than the other wines from the Médoc peninsula; Even the tiny climatic shifts of a few kilometers can be tasted in the wine. Many wineries therefore bring more of the Merlot grapes , which ripen earlier, into their wine mix, into the cuvées , which makes the wines rounder, more palatable and ready to drink earlier.
According to the Bordeaux wine classification of 1855 (see also the article Bordeaux wine (classification) ), Saint-Estèphe has 2 Deuxièmes Crus Classés (Château Montrose and Château Cos d'Estournel), a Troisième Grand Cru Classé ( Château Calon-Ségur ) , a Quatrième Grand Cru Classé ( Château Lafon-Rochet ) and a Cinquième Grand Cru Classé ( Château Cos Labory ).
Attractions
- St-Estephe Church ( Monument historique )
Community partnerships
Saint-Estèphe has partnered with the Lower Saxony spots Bevern .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1021-1024.
