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Châtillon-en-Diois

Châtillon-en-Diois is an appellation in France, covering 1,341.3 ha across 11 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay, Aligoté and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 29 km south-east of Crest and 47 km south-east of Valence.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

1,341.3 ha

Separate plots

18

Extent N–S × E–W

13.78 × 12.47 km

Centre

44.6649° N, 5.3766° E

Grapes

Aligoté, Chardonnay, Gamay, Pinot Noir, Syrah

Max yield

60 hl/ha

INAO office

Valence

Where it is

Nearest town

29 km south-east of Crest

Nearest city

47 km south-east of Valence 63,864 people

To the sea

126 km

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

426–810 m

Mean elevation

573 m

Mean slope

11.3° (20 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 20,267 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Northern Rhône

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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)93%

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

Communes · 11

• Barnave
• Chatillon-En-Diois
• Laval-D'Aix
• Luc-En-Diois
• Menglon
• Montlaur-En-Diois
• Montmaur-En-Diois
• Poyols
• Recoubeau-Jansac
• Saint-Roman
• Solaure En Diois

Sources

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

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