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Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Appellation

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is an appellation in France, covering 3,737.3 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.3 km west of Courthézon and 8 km south of Orange.

Southern Rhône appellation where Baron Le Roy drafted rules in the 1920s that inspired the French AOC system. A long list of permitted varieties, Grenache leading, on soils that range from large round stones to sand and limestone.
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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
3,737.3 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
8.26 × 7.65 km
Centre
44.0709° N, 4.8357° E
Grapes
Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Picardan, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Gris, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret Noir
Max yield
35 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town
4.3 km west of Courthézon
Nearest city
8 km south of Orange 30,530 people
To the sea
56 km
Rivers nearby
Rhône (2.6 km)
Same latitude
Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
20–128 m
Mean elevation
75 m
Mean slope
3.9° (7 %)
Steepest tenth
above 9°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 199,432 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red
BourboulencBrun ArgentéCinsautClairetteClairette RoseCounoiseGrenache BlancGrenache GrisGrenacheMourvèdreMuscardinPicardanPiquepoul BlancPiquepoul GrisPiquepoul NoirRoussanneSyrahTerret Noir
max 35 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha
Châteauneuf-du-Pape White
BourboulencBrun ArgentéCinsautClairetteClairette RoseCounoiseGrenache BlancGrenache GrisGrenacheMourvèdreMuscardinPicardanPiquepoul BlancPiquepoul GrisPiquepoul NoirRoussanneSyrahTerret Noir
max 35 hl/ha · min 3,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Southern Rhône

405
406
507
208
409
510
311
412
313
214
415
516
317
318
519
420
321
422
423
324

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

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

Communes · 4

Wineries · 8

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Sources

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

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