Single source · France
Saint-Yorre
Saint-Yorre, Bassin de Vichy (Auvergne)
Naturally carbonatedA village pharmacist bottled it in 1858 and fought Vichy's water monopoly for thirteen years to keep it. More than four grams of bicarbonate a litre, the digestif of digestifs.
Mineral analysis
TDS4774mg/L total dissolved solids
Sparkling, full-bodied, sodium-savory with a soft, round finish.
Cation
Ca / MgNa
Anion
HCO₃SO₄ · Cl
Magnesium11 mg/L
smooth & easy
Silicanot published
Sodium1708 mg/L
a savory, higher-sodium pour
Verified · official analysis ↗
- intensely saline
- soda-mineral
- alkaline
Saint-Yorre is a sparkling water from France with 4774 mg/L total dissolved solids and carries 90 mg/L calcium, 11 mg/L magnesium and 1708 mg/L sodium (published analysis).
Among the ten saltiest waters in the catalog · a faintly sour edge · closest in profile to Vichy Catalan.
Type · The Spa Baron
Find it in: Natural fizz · Full body · Savory
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Common questions
- What does Saint-Yorre taste like?
- Saint-Yorre is sparkling, full-bodied, silky and soft, closing on a soft, round finish. It belongs to the Spa Baron type in our sixteen-part typology, and the house tasting notes run intensely saline, soda-mineral and alkaline. Its pH is acidic, which on the palate reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Saint-Yorre good for you?
- Saint-Yorre is a regulated bottled water and safe to drink. The published analysis shows an intensely mineral water at 4774 mg/L dissolved solids. Sodium sits at 1708 mg/L, genuinely saline territory and part of how it tastes.
- What minerals are in Saint-Yorre?
- Saint-Yorre carries calcium 90, magnesium 11, sodium 1708 and potassium 110 mg/L over bicarbonate 4368, sulfate 174 and chloride 322 mg/L. Sodium leads the mineral profile with bicarbonate the main anion, at 4774 mg/L total dissolved solids.
- How much sodium is in Saint-Yorre?
- Saint-Yorre carries 1708 mg/L of sodium. That is genuinely saline water, far past the 20 mg/L low-sodium line.
- Is Saint-Yorre hard or soft water?
- By its calcium and magnesium, Saint-Yorre works out to 269 mg/L as calcium carbonate, which counts as very hard water. That is genuinely hard water, chalky on the tongue and quick to scale a kettle.
- Is Saint-Yorre alkaline or acidic?
- No. Saint-Yorre runs acidic at pH 6.6, which is normal for a sparkling water where dissolved carbon dioxide turns to carbonic acid, so it reads as a faintly sour edge.
- Is Saint-Yorre still or sparkling?
- Saint-Yorre is a sparkling water. The carbonation is natural, carried out of the ground with the water rather than added at bottling. The bead sits in the middle, neither shy nor sharp.
- Where does Saint-Yorre come from?
- Saint-Yorre comes from Saint-Yorre, Bassin de Vichy (Auvergne) in France, a single source.