Description
Montagne-Saint-Émilion is the largest ‘satellite’ title of the Saint-Émilion appellation in the ‘right bank’ of Bordeaux. The appellation applies to red wine only.
Terroir
The village of Montagne translates as “mountain”, though the topography consists of mostly rolling hills. Soils are unusually homogenous for the area, with clay and limestone. There are a couple of areas of sandy clay in the west towards Néac, and an area of gravel along the former Route Nationale 89.
The terroir here is regarded as closely ressembling that of Saint-Émilion, being separated only by a small river, La Barbanne. This may partly explain why the appellation has a reputation for producing some of the best wines from the Saint-Émilion satellites.
