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Ajaccio

Appellation

Ajaccio is an appellation in France, covering 23,217.8 ha across 36 communes. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Barbaroux, Nielluccio, Sciacarello and Vermentino. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
23,217.8 ha
Separate plots
12
Extent N–S × E–W
56.25 × 30.55 km
Centre
42.0732° N, 8.7701° E
Grapes
Aléatico, Barbaroux, Biancu Gentile, Carcajolo, Carignan, Cinsaut, Codivarta, Genovèse, Grenache, Morrastel, Nielluccio, Sciacarello, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino
Max yield
50 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Corse

Where it is

Nearest town
17 km north of Ajaccio
Nearest city
90 km south-west of Bastia 41,001 people
To the sea
2.8 km
Same latitude
Kakheti (Georgia), Lake Erie (United States), South Islands (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
0–584 m
Mean elevation
127 m

Measured over the whole outline on 16,314 elevation cells of about 114 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Ajaccio Red
BarbarouxNielluccioSciacarelloVermentino
max 50 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Ajaccio White
Vermentino
max 50 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 36

Wineries · 1

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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