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Côtes du Roussillon

Appellation

Côtes du Roussillon is an appellation in France, covering 73,672.2 ha across 102 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin primeur, Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
73,672.2 ha
Separate plots
36
Extent N–S × E–W
46.63 × 59.12 km
Centre
42.5904° N, 2.8361° E
Grapes
Carignan, Cinsaut, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Macabeu, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Syrah, Tourbat, Vermentino
Max yield
58 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town
8.1 km south-east of Thuir
Nearest city
13 km south-west of Perpignan 110,706 people
To the sea
17 km
Same latitude
Khvanchkara (Georgia), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Fennville (United States), Lake Erie North Shore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–665 m
Mean elevation
158 m

Measured over the whole outline on 54,647 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Côtes du Roussillon les Aspres Red
GrenacheMourvèdreSyrah
max 54 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Côtes du Roussillon Red
CarignanGrenacheMourvèdreSyrah
max 58 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Côtes du Roussillon Rosé
CarignanGrenacheMourvèdreSyrah
max 58 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Côtes du Roussillon White
Grenache BlancMacabeuTourbat
max 58 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 102

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Wineries · 35

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Sources

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

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