Clairette du Languedoc Péret

Clairette du Languedoc Péret is a named sub-zone of Clairette du Languedoc in France, covering 845.2 ha in Peret. That is 10.0% of the Clairette du Languedoc appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Clairette. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km north of Pézenas and 30 km north-east of Béziers.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Clairette du Languedoc

Category

Vin de liqueur, Vin tranquille

Area

845.2 ha

Separate plots

167

Extent N–S × E–W

4.09 × 4.21 km

Centre

43.5817° N, 3.3870° E

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km north of Pézenas

Nearest city

30 km north-east of Béziers 74,081 people

To the sea

33 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

84–335 m

Mean elevation

185 m

Mean slope

11.1° (20 %)

Steepest tenth

above 20°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 179,940 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)49%
• Basic volcanic rocks (basalt)20%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks17%

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

Communes · 1

• Peret

Sources

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