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Grand Roussillon

Appellation

Grand Roussillon is an appellation in France, covering 76,282.3 ha across 97 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin doux naturel
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
76,282.3 ha
Separate plots
41
Extent N–S × E–W
62.44 × 59.69 km
Centre
42.5729° N, 2.8044° E
Grapes
Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Macabeu, Muscat D'Alexandrie, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Tourbat
Max yield
40 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town
7.7 km south of Thuir
Nearest city
16 km south-west of Perpignan 110,706 people
To the sea
20 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
0–908 m
Mean elevation
144 m

Measured over the whole outline on 55,862 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Grand Roussillon Red · Liqueur Wine
Grenache BlancGrenache GrisGrenacheMacabeuTourbat
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Grand Roussillon Rosé · Liqueur Wine
Grenache BlancGrenache GrisGrenacheMacabeuTourbat
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Grand Roussillon White · Liqueur Wine
Grenache BlancGrenache GrisGrenacheMacabeuTourbat
max 40 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 · 97

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Wineries · 34

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Sources

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

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