Cognac ou Eau-de-vie de Cognac ou Eau-de-vie des Charentes

Terroir

• Region overlying Jurassic and Cretaceous limestones in the northern Aquitaine Basin, bordered to the east by the foothills of the Massif central. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Grande and Petite Champagne: shallow argillaceous-calcareous soils over soft, chalky Cretaceous limestone (Campanian/Cenomanian/Santonian).
• Fins Bois: predominantly "groies" — red, stony clay-limestone soils over hard Jurassic limestone, alongside heavy clay soils (Tithonian/Portlandian).
• Temperate oceanic climate with rainfall distributed throughout the year, rare drought episodes, and a mean annual temperature of approximately 13 °C.

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

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF)
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — BNIC