Charente vineyards

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Charente vineyards are a renowned wine-growing area in southwestern France, best known for producing grapes used in Cognac and Pineau des Charentes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Charente valley 1
Charente vineyards canonical 1
Charente wine and spirits region 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf wine-growing region ⓘ
administrativeRegion Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
agriculturalActivity viticulture ⓘ
associatedProduct eaux-de-vie for Cognac ⓘ
fortified wine Pineau des Charentes ⓘ
bestKnownFor production of grapes for Cognac ⓘ
production of grapes for Pineau des Charentes ⓘ
containsSubregion Bois Ordinaires (Cognac cru) ⓘ
Bons Bois (Cognac cru) ⓘ
Borderies (Cognac cru) ⓘ
Fins Bois (Cognac cru) ⓘ
Grande Champagne (Cognac cru) ⓘ
Petite Champagne (Cognac cru) ⓘ
country France ⓘ
exportMarket international Cognac market ⓘ
grapeUse primarily for distillation rather than still wine ⓘ
harvestPeriod typically September to October ⓘ
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
hasSoilType chalky soils ⓘ
clay-limestone soils ⓘ
limestone soils ⓘ
historicalDevelopment expanded significantly in the 17th century with Cognac trade ⓘ
influencedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedIn Charente department ⓘ
Charente-Maritime department ⓘ
linked to: Charente-Maritime

southwestern France ⓘ
mainProduct Cognac grapes ⓘ
Pineau des Charentes grapes ⓘ
partOf Cognac wine-growing region ⓘ
linked to: Cognac region
regulatesProductionOf Cognac AOC base wines ⓘ
Pineau des Charentes AOC wines ⓘ
regulatoryBody Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac ⓘ
Comité National du Pineau des Charentes ⓘ
linked to: Comité Champagne
typicalGrapeVariety Cabernet Franc ⓘ
Cabernet Sauvignon ⓘ
Colombard ⓘ
Folle Blanche ⓘ
Merlot ⓘ
Montils ⓘ
Sémillon ⓘ
Ugni Blanc ⓘ
usedFor distillation into Cognac ⓘ
production of Pineau des Charentes ⓘ
viticulturalPractice low alcohol, high acidity base wines for distillation ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nouvelle-Aquitaine → contains → Charente vineyards ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine → contains → Cognac region ⓘ
linked to: Charente vineyards
arrondissement of Cognac → regionalContext → Charente wine and spirits region ⓘ
linked to: Charente vineyards
Jarnac, Charente, France → locatedInSubregion → Charente valley ⓘ
linked to: Charente vineyards