User:Murgh/Saint-Estèphe AOC

Saint-Estèphe is an AOC for wine made in the commune of Saint-Estèphe in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of Dordogne. Vineyards are located    kilometers to the northwest of Bordeaux, near. The area covers 1200 hectares, annually producing on average 70,000 hectolitres of wine.

Wine
The grape varieties of Saint-Estèphe are % Cabernet Sauvignon, with % Merlot and % Petit Verdot, Malbec.

limestone, gravels, echinoderm fossils and quartz mingled at the surface to a light sandy earth.