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The hillsides

Vineyards & lieux-dits

A parcel-ready reference foundation for the named sites that appear on labels and in growers' stories.

22entries in the Library
Steep vineyard slopes at Chavignol in morning mist

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Vineyards & lieux-dits

Chavignol · vineyard site

Les Monts Damnés

A steep, celebrated Chavignol hillside associated with several growers and wines. Exact holdings and boundaries require parcel-level verification.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches
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Chavignol · lieu-dit

La Grande Côte

A Chavignol lieu-dit widely encountered on producer labels; the Library treats producer, wine and parcel claims as separate sourced records.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches
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Chavignol · vineyard site

Le Cul de Beaujeu

A steep Chavignol site represented here as an orientation record, pending cadastral geometry and holding-level source review.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches
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Sancerre · vineyard site

Les Romains

A named site connected in the Library to producers, silex-rich terrain and individual wines without treating soil as a sole cause of flavour.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Silex
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Verdigny · vineyard site

Les Monts

A reference entry designed to connect the hillside, growers and related bottlings as reliable parcel data is added.

Place
Verdigny
Soil
Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Sancerre · named site

Guigne-Chèvres

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Vacheron. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Silex / Caillottes
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Sancerre · named site

Chambrates

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Vacheron. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Silex / Caillottes
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Sancerre · named site

La Moussière

A named Sancerre site associated with Alphonse Mellot. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Sancerre · named site

Les Monts Damnés

A named Sancerre site associated with Pascal Cotat. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Terres Blanches
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Chavignol · named site

Les Culs de Beaujeu

A named Sancerre site associated with François Cotat. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches
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Chavignol · named site

Clos de Beaujeu

A named Sancerre site associated with Gérard Boulay. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes
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Chavignol · named site

La Côte

A named Sancerre site associated with Gérard Boulay. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes
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Bué · named site

Chêne Marchand

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Vincent Pinard. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Bué
Soil
Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Bué · named site

Petit Chemarin

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Vincent Pinard. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Bué
Soil
Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Bué · named site

Grand Chemarin

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Vincent Pinard. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Bué
Soil
Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Sury-en-Vaux · named site

Les Boucauds

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Claude Riffault. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sury-en-Vaux
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes / Silex
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Sury-en-Vaux · named site

Les Chasseignes

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Claude Riffault. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sury-en-Vaux
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes / Silex
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Sury-en-Vaux · named site

Les Denisottes

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Claude Riffault. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sury-en-Vaux
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes / Silex
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Chavignol · named site

La Côte des Monts Damnés

A named Sancerre site associated with Henri Bourgeois. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes / Silex
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Sancerre · named site

Le Clos de Bannon

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Fouassier. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Silex / Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Sancerre · named site

Le Vallon

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Fouassier. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Sancerre
Soil
Silex / Caillottes / Terres Blanches
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Chavignol · named site

La Côte d'Amigny

A named Sancerre site associated with Domaine Delaporte. This orientation record does not imply a verified parcel boundary or exclusive holding.

Place
Chavignol
Soil
Terres Blanches / Caillottes / Silex
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Names on labels

Follow a site name to its growers.

Each entry records the place and soil family we hold for a named site. Growers who bottle it are linked from their producer pages, and no entry here draws a parcel boundary.

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