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Maps

Conceptual orientation layers today; verified parcel-grade geography is the next data phase.

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The Loire valley seen upstream from Sancerre

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Maps

Terres Blanches · Caillottes · Silex

Soil families

Explore the three broad soil families without reducing a wine to geology alone.

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Real boundaries

Start from the commune map.

The layers on this page are orientation guides. The commune map in our first guide is drawn from official boundary data and marks the Loire, Chavignol and Amigny.

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