Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux

The AOC Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux (formerly Premières Côtes de Blaye) exists in two colors: red and white. Gourmet, aromatic and fresh wines are produced, with a particularly expressive fruit.

The wines of Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux are recognized for their excellent quality / price / pleasure ratio. The terroir is the same for the various appellations of origin of Blayais. To the west, along the Gironde River, from Plassac to the north of Blaye, the soil of the steep hillsides bordering the river is clayey and chalky, while further north lies the marshland area, which is periodically subject to flooding, and whose silty soil is favorable to meadows and nurseries. In the hinterland, moving eastward, the rather uneven soil offers, in the canton of Saint-Savin, a series of high and wide plateaus reaching up to 100 meters in altitude. Separated by valleys with gentle slopes, both are covered with sandy-clay soil, sometimes sandy-gravelly as in the upper part of the canton of Saint-Ciers. More to the east and going north, one meets vast plateaus, kind of moors covered with an almost pure sand, which are only suitable for the culture of the maritime pine. The subsoil of the hillsides on which the AOC wines are produced is limestone, often very hard limestone, which is sometimes exposed on the surface and which is exploited either to produce rubble or limestone. Towards the east, the subsoil is often sandy. One even finds there quite frequently, as in the Médoc, a sandstone constituted by sand or gravel agglomerated by iron oxide, "alios".