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Faugères

Appellation

Faugères is an appellation in France, covering 5,986.9 ha across 7 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.9 km south of Bédarieux and 22 km north of Béziers.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
5,986.9 ha
Separate plots
2
Extent N–S × E–W
10.87 × 13.44 km
Centre
43.5369° N, 3.1722° E
Grapes
Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Syrah, Vermentino, Viognier
Max yield
57 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Montpellier

Where it is

Nearest town
8.9 km south of Bédarieux
Nearest city
22 km north of Béziers 74,081 people
To the sea
33 km
Same latitude
Hokkaido (Japan), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States), Niagara Lakeshore (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
100–422 m
Mean elevation
221 m
Mean slope
8.8° (15 %)
Steepest tenth
above 17°
Faces
south

Measured over the whole outline on 74,302 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Faugères Red
GrenacheLledoner PelutMourvèdreSyrah
max 54 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Faugères Rosé
GrenacheLledoner PelutMourvèdreSyrah
max 57 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Faugères White
Grenache BlancMarsanneRoussanneVermentino
max 54 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 · 7

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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