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[[Image:Weinbaugebiete-frankreich-bordeaux.png|right|thumb|380 px|The Bordeaux wine region. Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion is number 17.]]
'''Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ sɛ̃t‿emiljɔ̃}}) is an ''[[Appellation d'origine contrôlée]]'' (AOC) for wine in the [[Bordeaux wine]] region of [[France]], where it is situated in the [[Libourne]] subregion on the right bank of the [[Dordogne (river)|Dordogne]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vins de Bordeaux|url=https://www.bordeaux.com/fr|access-date=2021-06-08|website=Site Officiel Bordeaux.com|language=fr-FR}}</ref> It was granted AOC status on 14 November 1936, and the AOC designation granted to the wines which have been harvested on the land of the Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion hamlet, which is part of [[Montagne, Gironde|Montagne]] commune. {{convert|192|ha}} of vine planted areas belonged to the appellation in 2005, with a production of 9,333 hl.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-07-10|title=Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion|url=http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/home.php?pageFromIndex=produits/index.php~mnu=145|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710070257/http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/home.php?pageFromIndex=produits/index.php~mnu=145|archive-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion only produces [[red wine]], and nearly all of the grape varieties from Bordeaux can be and are used, such as [[Cabernet Sauvignon]], [[Cabernet Franc]], [[Merlot]], [[Côt]], etc., although it is Merlot that is used most often.
The appellation is in an area, north of [[Saint-Émilion]], on the right bank of the river Barbanne and is included in the vineyard of Montagne. With the vineyards of [[Lussac-Saint-Émilion]], [[Montagne-Saint-Émilion]] and [[Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion]], it forms part of the "satellites" of [[Saint-Émilion AOC|Saint-Émilion]].
The base [[yield (wine)|yield]] is fixed at 45 hl/hectare with a limit of 20%. Before the [[chaptalization]] and concentration process, the must (the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted) must contain a minimum of 187g/L of natural sugar.  After fermentation, the wine must have a minimum alcohol level of 11% vol.
==Grape varieties==
Traditionally, the wines of Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion are a collection of different grape varieties. The three main varieties being Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon:
*  Merlot - the most dominant grape variety, accounting for 75% of the planted area. It is a variety that ripens early, and needs cool and humid conditions as well as soil rich in clay. It ripens well and gives wine its colour, a good alcoholic richness, a full bodied texture and is smooth and round on the palette.
*  Cabernet Franc - an important element of the Libourne plantations and represents nearly 20% of the blend at Saint-Émilion. Of medium precocity, it is grown mostly in chalky or quite warm soils. It gives the wine an aromatic flavour, lightly spiced, with a coolness and tannic structure, giving the wine an aged flavour.
*  Cabernet Sauvignon - representing around 5% of the plantations, it is a grape that is particularly adapted to warm and dry soil (gravel, sand, clay or chalky soil).  It gives wine a gently spiced flavour, complex with a tannic richness, favourable to its long and harmonious preservation.
The AOC regulations for Saint-Georges-Saint-Émilion also allows the use of two other grape varieties: the Malbec (or Côt) and the [[Carménère]]. Only the Malbec grape is still used.
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