Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Indre-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Quinone | |
| Canton | Langeais | |
| Community association | Touraine Ouest Val de Loire | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 17 ' N , 0 ° 8' E | |
| height | 26-116 m | |
| surface | 36.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,109 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 37500 | |
| INSEE code | 37228 | |
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is a French commune with 1,109 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Indre-et-Loire in the region of Center-Val de Loire . The municipality is crossed by the Authion river. It belongs to the canton of Langeais in the arrondissement of Chinon .
Its inhabitants are called Saint-nicolaisiens or Saint-nicolaisiennes . The municipality is part of the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park .
Viticulture in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
The municipality gives its name to the wine-growing region of the same name with the status of an AOC (since July 31, 1937). In the western part of the Touraine region , part of the Loire wine-growing region, almost exclusively red wine of the Cabernet Franc grape variety is grown on a vineyard area of 943 hectares, which is spread across the various municipalities of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil . The use of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety is also permitted up to a maximum of 10% . The maximum permitted yield is 55 hl / ha; an amount that can be corrected up to 67 hl / ha depending on the year.
The wines have somewhat stronger tannins than the wines of Chinon , which grow about ten kilometers away on the other side of the Loire. However, they are a little lighter than the Bourgueil wines that grow in the neighboring area .
If the wines grow on slopes with tuff , the wines can be very long-lived in very good years (1976, 1989, 1990). Vines that grow on a sand and gravel soil make fruity, medium-heavy wines.
In 2002, 59,200 hl of red wine and a few hundred hectoliters of rosé wine were produced. White wines are not subject to the AOC regulations.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Indre-et-Loire. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-115-5 , pp. 286-289.
