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Fronsac, a sub-appellation of Bordeaux, sits on the right bank of the Garonne river, 25 km away from Bordeaux, very close to the city of Libourne. Close to the Pomerol and Saint-Emilion regions, in the confluence of the Isle and the Dordogne rivers, the great wine terroirs of Fronsac and Canon Fronsac rest on marvelous landscapes of plateaus and slopes. These complex soils are mainly starfish limestone on the plateau, clay-limestone on the slopes and by minority clay and sand at the foot of the hills. The molasse du Fronsadais (the Fronsac's molasse) is the print of the slopes and the valleys. Fronsac and its exceptional clay-limestone terroir gave the soil its own name: the molasse du Fronsadais , which is the pride of many great appellations, including the neighbouring ones of the Saint-Emilion region.
Fronsac’s 840-hectare surface extends over seven communes: Fronsac, Saint-Aignan, La Rivière, Saint-Michel de Fronsac, Saint-Germain-la-Rivière, Saillans and Galgon. The minimum plantation density is 5,000 vines per hectare. The Fronsac appellation numbers a mire 106 winemakers. The average acreage of the vineyards is 7.92 hectares and the average annual production reaches 420,000 cases for the entire appellation. |
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