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Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence

Appellation

Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence is an appellation in France, covering 36,563 ha across 49 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
36,563 ha
Separate plots
62
Extent N–S × E–W
47.74 × 90.58 km
Centre
43.6426° N, 5.4328° E
Grapes
Bourboulenc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino
Max yield
60 hl/ha
INAO office
La Valette du Var

Where it is

Nearest town
2.4 km south of Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade
Nearest city
13 km north of Aix-en-Provence 146,821 people
To the sea
23 km
Rivers nearby
Durance (5.2 km)
Same latitude
Hokkaido (Japan), Elkton Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
1–498 m
Mean elevation
197 m

Measured over the whole outline on 8,167 elevation cells of about 222 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Red
CinsautCounoiseGrenacheMourvèdreSyrah
max 60 hl/ha
Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Rosé
CinsautCounoiseGrenacheMourvèdreSyrah
max 60 hl/ha
Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence White
Vermentino
max 60 hl/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 49

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Wineries · 11

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Sources

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

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