Appellation · AOC
Haut-Poitou
An appellation of the Loire Valley. Its area covers 23 communes.
1,900 hadelimited areaRounded area of the shape drawn on the map: the area delimited by the INAO, which is not entirely planted.
- Amberre
- Avanton
- Beaumont Saint-Cyr
- Champigny en Rochereau
- Cherves
- Chouppes
- Cissé
- Coussay
- Craon
- Cuhon
- Dissay
- Doux
- Jaunay-Marigny
- Lencloître
- Maisonneuve
- Massognes
- Mirebeau
- Neuville-de-Poitou
- Saint Martin la Pallu
- Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
- Thurageau
- Vouzailles
- Yversay
Authorised grape varieties
+ as secondary grapes: gamay, gamay de bouze, gamay de chaudenay, merlot, pinot noir
According to the INAO specification · Read ↗
The climate, today and around 2050
Spring, average temperature
10.8 °C→ 12.2 °C
Summer, average temperature
19.2 °C→ 21.6 °C
Days at 35 °C or more, per year
0.9→ 5
Average of the 23 communes. “Around 2050”: median value of the models for warming of +2.7 °C in France, the reference trajectory (TRACC). Source: Météo-France, Climadiag Commune.
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Official sources
Specification of the Haut-Poitou AOCINAO · PDF · the official rulesOfficialThe region's wines, from its trade bodyVins de Loire (InterLoire) · official websiteOfficialLinks checked on 07/10/2026 · No commercial or affiliate links ·
Around Haut-Poitou
- Chinon49 km