Côte Rôtie is an appellation in France, covering 505.2 ha in Ampuis, Saint-Cyr-Sur-Le-Rhone and Tupin-Et-Semons. The rules allow red wine, based on Syrah. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 6.4 km west of Vienne and 28 km south of Lyon.
Steep terraces on the right bank of the Rhône, the northernmost cru of the Rhône valley. Syrah, which may be co-fermented with a small share of Viognier. The Côte Brune and Côte Blonde are its most famous slopes.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
146–355 m
Mean elevation
256 m
Mean slope
19.4° (35 %)
Steepest tenth
above 32°
Faces
south-east
Measured over the whole outline on 29,819 elevation cells of about 13 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules
Côte RôtieRed
Syrah
max 46 hl/ha · min 6,000 vines/ha
Vintages: Northern Rhône
405
406
307
208
509
510
311
412
413
314
515
416
417
418
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
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)66%
Acid plutonic rocks (granite)31%
Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.