Charentais

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Zone covering the 2 departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime, bounded by the Gironde, the Atlantic, the marais poitevin, and the Massif Central.
• Predominantly sedimentary substrate (Mesozoic era); clay-limestone soils dominant, sandier toward the coast and on the islands.
• Temperate oceanic climate: ~13 °C annual mean, ~800 mm of rainfall over ~150 days; water balance often well-equilibrated at the end of the growing season.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF), JORF 20 octobre 2021
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry