France · AOC
Fitou
Appellation
Fitou is an appellation in France, covering 8,198.7 ha across 9 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Carignan and Grenache. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 8,198.7 ha Separate plots 14 Extent N–S × E–W 19.14 × 30.51 km Centre 42.9334° N, 2.9841° E Grapes Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah Max yield 54 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Narbonne Where it is Nearest town 11 km south-west of Port-La Nouvelle Nearest city 27 km north-east of Perpignan 110,706 people To the sea 4.6 km Same latitude Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States), Racha (Georgia)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 0–407 m Mean elevation 128 m Measured over the whole outline on 27,729 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Carignan Grenache
max 54 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)44% Mixed sedimentary rocks40% Unconsolidated sediments12% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 9 Cascastel-Des-Corbieres Caves Fitou La Palme Leucate Paziols Treilles Tuchan Villeneuve-Les-Corbieres Wineries · 3 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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