Muscat de Frontignan

Muscat de Frontignan is an appellation in France, covering 2,009.5 ha in Frontignan and Vic-La-Gardiole. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Frontignan and 7 km north-east of Sète.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Muscat de Frontignan ou Frontignan ou Vin de Frontignan

Type

AOC

Category

Vin de liqueur, Vin doux naturel

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

2,009.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

7.4 × 8.31 km

Centre

43.4559° N, 3.7376° E

Grapes

Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs

Max yield

40 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Montpellier

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Frontignan

Nearest city

7 km north-east of Sète 40,736 people

To the sea

4 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–222 m

Mean elevation

52 m

Mean slope

5.8° (10 %)

Steepest tenth

above 16°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 104,951 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)60%
• Unconsolidated sediments40%

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

Communes · 2

• Frontignan
• Vic-La-Gardiole

Sources

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