TERROIR PROFILE
Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux
Limestone plateau at the Bergerac edge
Bordeaux's easternmost tip: family estates, plenty of organics, fair prices.
Climate, site & wine
Deep soils of clay and limestone retain water, with gravelly subsoil in the valleys. Merlot and Cabernet Franc form the reds.
Alongside the reds come dry and sweet whites from Sauvignon and Sémillon; many estates farm organically. On the hilltops lie clay-limestone and clay-gravel, in the valleys sandy-gravelly boulbène soils; the appellation covers red, white and sweet wines.
TERROIR PROFILE · Bordeaux
Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux Limestone plateau at the Bergerac edge
Bordeaux's easternmost tip: family estates, plenty of organics, fair prices.
SOILS
Limestoneprecise, mineral
Limestone delivers tension, structure and a cooler, more mineral character.
Loambody-rich, velvety
Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.
Gravel / Sandlight, approachable
Gravel and sand drain heavily — vines struggle for water, wines turn fine, light and elegant.
CLIMATE · Maritime
Sainte-Foy lies in the easternmost tip of the Bordelais, on the border with Bergerac, farther from the Atlantic than the core Bordelais.
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Rolling hills above the Dordogne around Sainte-Foy-la-Grande; clay-limestone dominates on the hilltops, with sandier, gravelly soils in the valleys.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
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Computed from fingerprint similarity
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96% similar
- Freshness (slightly): Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (5 vs. 6).
Alzey-Land
Rheinhessen
96% similar
- Freshness (slightly): Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (5 vs. 6).
Wineries on this terroir
See all 28 →Château Piquesègue
Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt
Château les Mauberts Privat
Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong
Château de Parenchère
Ligueux
Château La Bourguette
Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal
Château de Bourgognade
Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal
Château Roc de Plaisance
Pineuilh
Château Picon
Eynesse
Château Le Prieuré d'Appelles
Saint-André-et-Appelles
This terroir's soils in the glossary