France · AOC
Muscat de Lunel
Appellation
Muscat de Lunel is an appellation in France, covering 555.1 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Lunel and 21 km east of Montpellier.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin doux naturel Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 555.1 ha Extent N–S × E–W 5.36 × 7.37 km Centre 43.7004° N, 4.1091° 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 Lunel Nearest city 21 km east of Montpellier 248,252 people To the sea 16 km Same latitude Hokkaido (Japan), Prince Edward County (Canada), Snake River Valley (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 10–66 m Mean elevation 36 m Mean slope 3.8° (7 %) Steepest tenth above 7° Faces several directions, mostly south-east Measured over the whole outline on 30,590 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules White · Liqueur Wine Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks71% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)22% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 4 Entre-Vignes Lunel Lunel-Viel Saturargues Wineries · 4 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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