Banyuls

Banyuls is an appellation in France, covering 3,642.3 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 1.9 km west of Banyuls de la Marenda and 29 km south-east of Perpignan.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin doux naturel

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

3,642.3 ha

Separate plots

3

Extent N–S × E–W

10.75 × 9.95 km

Centre

42.4841° N, 3.1061° E

Grapes

Carignan Blanc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Macabeu, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Muscat D'Alexandrie, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Roussanne, Syrah, Tourbat, Vermentino

Max yield

40 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town

1.9 km west of Banyuls de la Marenda

Nearest city

29 km south-east of Perpignan 110,706 people

To the sea

3.2 km

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–560 m

Mean elevation

126 m

Mean slope

18.2° (33 %)

Steepest tenth

above 27°

Faces

several directions, mostly north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 44,017 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks66%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)34%

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

Communes · 4

• Banyuls-Sur-Mer
• Cerbere
• Collioure
• Port-Vendres

Sources

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