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Clairette du Languedoc Paulhan

Sub-zone

Clairette du Languedoc Paulhan is a named sub-zone of Clairette du Languedoc in France, covering 662 ha in Paulhan. That is 7.8% of the Clairette du Languedoc appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Clairette. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 9.6 km north-east of Pézenas and 30 km north-east of Béziers.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Clairette du Languedoc
Category
Vin de liqueur, Vin tranquille
Area
662 ha
Separate plots
110
Extent N–S × E–W
4.8 × 3.35 km
Centre
43.5440° N, 3.4522° E

Where it is

Nearest town
9.6 km north-east of Pézenas
Nearest city
30 km north-east of Béziers 74,081 people
To the sea
24 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
26–90 m
Mean elevation
52 m
Mean slope
3.9° (7 %)
Steepest tenth
above 9°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 35,220 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 1

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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