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Coteaux varois en Provence
Appellation
Coteaux varois en Provence is an appellation in France, covering 14,888.8 ha across 28 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 1996-11-15 Area 14,888.8 ha Extent N–S × E–W 39.99 × 51.58 km Centre 43.3971° N, 5.8710° E Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Semillon, Syrah, Tibouren, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino Max yield 60 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office La Valette du Var Where it is Nearest town 5.7 km south of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Nearest city 31 km north of Toulon 168,701 people To the sea 30 km Same latitude Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Umpqua Valley (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 156–560 m Mean elevation 316 m Measured over the whole outline on 17,121 elevation cells of about 111 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Cinsaut Grenache Mourvèdre Syrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Rosé Cinsaut Grenache Mourvèdre Syrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
White Clairette Grenache Blanc Semillon Ugni Blanc Vermentino
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks57% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)35% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 28 Barjols Bras Brignoles Brue-Auriac Camps-La-Source Chateauvert Forcalqueiret Gareoult La Celle La Roquebrussanne Le Val Meounes-Les-Montrieux Nans-Les-Pins Neoules Ollieres Ponteves Rocbaron Rougiers Saint-Maximin-La-Sainte-Baume Saint-Zacharie Sainte-Anastasie-Sur-Issole Salernes Seillons-Source-D'Argens Signes Tavernes Tourves Varages Villecroze Wineries · 8 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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