TERROIR PROFILE

Cérons

Gravel over limestone — sweet-wine enclave

Cérons: the small sweet-wine appellation between Graves and Barsac.

TERROIR PROFILE · Bordeaux

Cérons Gravel over limestone — sweet-wine enclave

Cérons: the small sweet-wine appellation between Graves and Barsac.

☀ Maritime⛰ Slope: gentleSémillonSauvignon Blanc

SOILS

Gravel / Sandlight, approachable

Gravel and sand drain heavily — vines struggle for water, wines turn fine, light and elegant.

Limestoneprecise, mineral

Limestone delivers tension, structure and a cooler, more mineral character.

CLIMATE · Maritime

Autumn fog from the Ciron encourages botrytis as in Barsac.

TOPOGRAPHY · gentle

Flat gravel terraces on the Garonne at Cérons and Podensac.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

botrytised, lighter than Sauterneshoneydry Graves alongside

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Cadillac, Loupiac & Sainte-Croix-du-Mont

Bordeaux

96% similar

Graves de Vayres

Bordeaux

96% similar

Dryness (slightly): Cérons is wetter → juicier, softer, more plushness (4 vs. 5).

Saint-Émilion-Satelliten (Montagne, Lussac, Puisseguin, Saint-Georges)

Bordeaux

93% similar

Dryness (slightly): Cérons is wetter → juicier, softer, more plushness (4 vs. 5).
Minerality (slightly): Cérons is less mineral → fruit-led, rounder (5 vs. 6).

Maison des Vins de Graves

Podensac

Du Seuil

Cérons

This terroir's soils in the glossary