Moulis ou Moulis-en-Médoc

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• A 12 km ribbon running perpendicular to the estuary, at elevations between 20 and 30 metres, with no frontage on the Gironde. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Gravel ridges (croupes de graves) of Günz age (Quaternary era), formed by fluvioglacial outwash deposited in successive terraced levels.
• High pedological diversity: glacial gravels, clay-limestone, clay-marl, colluvial sands, and Landes sands.
• Temperate Atlantic climate with moderate rainfall, regulated by the thermal influence of the Ocean and the Gironde. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The production zone covers Moulis-en-Médoc and parts of Castelnau-de-Médoc, Lamarque, and Listrac-Médoc. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The Vitis Biturica vine, ancestor of the cabernets, was established as early as Gallo-Roman antiquity; Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot today dominate in roughly equal proportions.
• AOC recognised by decree of 14 May 1938, arising from direct-sales commercial practices in which the designation 'Moulis' had come into use.

• Refined and rounded from their earliest years, reaching full maturity after 7 to 10 years thanks to a well-structured tannic backbone.
• Wines from gravel soils: elegance, power, and complexity; from clay-limestone soils: fuller-bodied, combining 'spirit and vitality'.

• The north-eastern gravel ridges favour Cabernet Sauvignon; the central clay-limestone soils are better suited to Merlot.

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 30 mars 2021
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — CIVB