Eau-de-vie de cidre de Bretagne

Terroir

• Area covering 372 communes across one third of the Brittany region, divided into three sub-zones — coastal and inland
• The zone lies entirely on the Armorican Massif; marshland soils, deep silts, sandstone, and granite are excluded
• Highly oceanic climate, altitude limited to 120 m, precipitation below 1,100 mm, with low seasonal variation
• Ageing in non-temperature-controlled cellars exposed to the mild, humid oceanic atmosphere, in small-format casks (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Distillation using low-height plate columns with a limited number of plates, suited to ciders rich in phenolic compounds

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