The vineyard is located mainly on the rim of the Limagne basin and on the slopes of volcanic formations, between the Livradois mountain range to the east and the Sancy massif to the west.
The vines are scattered across a multitude of small plots, almost always on well-defined slopes, at altitudes ranging from 300 to 600 metres.
The soils rest on highly varied parent materials, which may include marls, basalts, volcanic colluvium, granites, or gravels, with low water-holding capacity.
The climate is semi-continental, and the foehn effect generated by the Chaîne des Puys and the Sancy massif shields the winegrowing zone from moist air masses coming from the west.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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Approximate area — the union of the 463 commune(s) of the delimited area (INAO); no parcel delimitation exists for this denomination.
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