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Malepère

Appellation

Malepère is an appellation in France, covering 8,384.4 ha across 39 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
8,384.4 ha
Separate plots
30
Extent N–S × E–W
19.66 × 29.01 km
Centre
43.1645° N, 2.0834° E
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsaut, Cot, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Merlot
Max yield
60 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town
20 km south of Castelnaudary
Nearest city
22 km west of Carcassonne 49,600 people
To the sea
81 km
Rivers nearby
Hers-Vif (13 km) · Aude (14 km)
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
113–400 m
Mean elevation
230 m

Measured over the whole outline on 31,697 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Malepère Red
Merlot
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Malepère Rosé
Cabernet Franc
max 60 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 · 39

Wineries · 1

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Sources

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

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