Banyuls grand cru

Banyuls grand cru is a grand cru appellation in France, covering 3,642.3 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.1 km north-west of Banyuls de la Marenda and 28 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

2011-12-14

Area

3,642.3 ha

Separate plots

1,042

Extent N–S × E–W

10.8 × 10.13 km

Centre

42.4911° N, 3.0929° E

Grapes

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

Max yield

40 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town

3.1 km north-west of Banyuls de la Marenda

Nearest city

28 km south-east of Perpignan 110,706 people

To the sea

4.7 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 44,018 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks63%
• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)37%

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)