Côtes du Rhône Villages Gadagne

Côtes du Rhône Villages Gadagne is a named sub-zone of Côtes du Rhône Villages in France, covering 303.6 ha across 5 communes. That is 0.7% of the Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 4.2 km east of Montfavet and 9 km east of Avignon.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Côtes du Rhône Villages

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

303.6 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

8.09 × 3.2 km

Centre

43.9386° N, 4.9259° E

Where it is

Nearest town

4.2 km east of Montfavet

Nearest city

9 km east of Avignon 89,769 people

To the sea

43 km

Rivers nearby

Durance (5.1 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

37–124 m

Mean elevation

103 m

Mean slope

2.8° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 7°

Faces

west

Measured over the whole outline on 4,651 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Southern Rhône

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

• Unconsolidated sediments62%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks38%

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

Communes · 5

• Caumont-Sur-Durance
• Châteauneuf-De-Gadagne
• Morieres-Les-Avignon
• Saint-Saturnin-Lès-Avignon
• Vedène

Sources

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