Appellation commune
Bannay
A useful reminder that the appellation extends well beyond the hill town.
- Status
- Appellation commune
The places
Villages
Understand Sancerre as a landscape of communes, hamlets, slopes and exposures—not one uniform place.
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Villages
Appellation commune
Bué
Often discussed for its limestone-rich sites and parcel-focused domaines.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Caillottes, Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Crézancy-en-Sancerre
A western reference point when learning the region's marl-rich terrain.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Menetou-Râtel
Its parcels help show the geographic breadth of Sancerrois.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre
An eastern viewpoint for understanding river-facing slopes and flint-bearing ground.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Silex
Appellation commune
Montigny
Best read parcel by parcel; no village name alone determines wine style.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Saint-Satur
A practical base for seeing how the river, slopes and town fit together.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Silex, Caillottes
Appellation commune
Sainte-Gemme-en-Sancerrois
Part of the official production area and a useful edge-of-map reference.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Terres Blanches
Appellation commune and hill town
Sancerre
The appellation's namesake and clearest panoramic orientation point.
- Status
- Appellation commune and hill town
- Soils
- Caillottes, Silex, Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Sury-en-Vaux
A productive village landscape with varied slopes and soils.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Caillottes, Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Thauvenay
Frequently encountered in discussions of flint-bearing eastern sites.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Silex
Appellation commune
Veaugues
A quieter western reference point for the appellation's limestone landscape.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Terres Blanches, Caillottes
Appellation commune
Verdigny
Home territory for several family domaines and named hillside parcels.
- Status
- Appellation commune
- Soils
- Caillottes, Terres Blanches
Appellation commune
Vinon
A useful southern boundary marker; site detail matters more than shorthand.
- Status
- Appellation commune
Hamlet within Sancerre commune
Chavignol
Known for wine, steep named slopes and Crottin de Chavignol cheese.
- Status
- Hamlet within Sancerre commune
- Soils
- Terres Blanches, Caillottes
Hamlet within Sancerre commune
Amigny
Often appears in estate and parcel geography despite not being a separate appellation.
- Status
- Hamlet within Sancerre commune
- Soils
- Caillottes, Terres Blanches
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Fourteen communes
See every commune on one map.
Our first guide draws the fourteen communes of the production area from official boundary data, with the Loire along the east and the hamlets of Chavignol and Amigny marked inside Sancerre.
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