Saint-Émilion

E50090

commune medieval village wine appellation

Saint-Émilion is a renowned wine-producing appellation and medieval village on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, famous for its Merlot-dominant red wines and UNESCO-listed historic vineyards.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC	3
Saint-Émilion AOC	1
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru	1
Saint-Émilion wines	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune ⓘ medieval village ⓘ wine appellation ⓘ
administrativeStatus	commune of France ⓘ
appellationType	AOC ⓘ
climate	maritime climate ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
economicActivity	viticulture ⓘ wine trade ⓘ
governingBody	Institut National des Appellations d’Origine ⓘ surface form: Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité
grapeVarietiesAuthorized	Cabernet Franc ⓘ Cabernet Sauvignon ⓘ Carménère ⓘ Malbec ⓘ Merlot ⓘ Petit Verdot ⓘ
hasSubAppellation	Saint-Émilion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
hasWineClassification	Premier Grand Cru Classé A ⓘ surface form: Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion classification ⓘ surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Saint-Émilion classification ⓘ surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé
hasWineRegionNeighbor	Fronsac ⓘ Pomerol ⓘ
heritageType	medieval townscape ⓘ
knownFor	historic vineyards ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ underground monolithic church ⓘ
locatedIn	Bordeaux wine region ⓘ Gironde department ⓘ Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Right Bank of Bordeaux ⓘ
notableFor	Merlot-dominant blends ⓘ age-worthy red wines ⓘ
partOf	Bordeaux wine region ⓘ surface form: Libournais wine area
primaryGrapeVariety	Merlot ⓘ
recognizedSince	1936 ⓘ
regionSpecialization	Right Bank Bordeaux blends ⓘ
secondaryGrapeVariety	Cabernet Franc ⓘ Cabernet Sauvignon ⓘ
soilType	clay-limestone ⓘ gravel ⓘ limestone ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ
tourismActivity	cellar visits ⓘ vineyard tours ⓘ wine tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	cultural landscape ⓘ
UNESCODesignation	Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1999 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
wineColor	red ⓘ
wineStyle	red wine ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pomerol → adjacentAppellation → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Saint-Émilion classification → appliesTo → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC

Saint-Émilion classification → associatedWithTown → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Gironde department → contains → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Bordeaux wine region → hasAppellation → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC

Saint-Émilion → hasSubAppellation → Saint-Émilion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Bordeaux → hasSubregion → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Bordeaux wine region → hasSubregion → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Right Bank of Bordeaux → includesAppellation → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Émilion AOC

Right Bank of Bordeaux → includesAppellation → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC

Right Bank of Bordeaux → knownFor → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Émilion wines

Fronsac → near → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Cabernet Franc → notableAppellation → Saint-Émilion ⓘ

Right Bank of Bordeaux → notableCommune → Saint-Émilion ⓘ