Muscat de Mireval

Muscat de Mireval is an appellation in France, covering 703.2 ha in Mireval and Vic-La-Gardiole. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.3 km south-west of Saint-Jean-de-Védas and 12 km south-west of Montpellier.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin doux naturel

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

703.2 ha

Separate plots

5

Extent N–S × E–W

7.7 × 4.3 km

Centre

43.5152° N, 3.7992° 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

7.3 km south-west of Saint-Jean-de-Védas

Nearest city

12 km south-west of Montpellier 248,252 people

To the sea

5.9 km

Same latitude

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

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–79 m

Mean elevation

18 m

Mean slope

2.7° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 37,535 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments42%

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

Communes · 2

• Mireval
• Vic-La-Gardiole

Sources

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