France · AOC
Rivesaltes
Appellation
Rivesaltes is an appellation in France, covering 72,640.2 ha across 91 communes. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin doux naturel Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 72,640.2 ha Separate plots 39 Extent N–S × E–W 58.62 × 51.71 km Centre 42.5904° N, 2.7832° 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 5.2 km south of Thuir Nearest city 15 km south-west of Perpignan 110,706 people To the sea 21 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 145 m Measured over the whole outline on 53,861 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules White Grenache Blanc Grenache Gris Grenache Macabeu Tourbat
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Red Grenache
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Rosé Grenache Blanc Grenache Gris Grenache Macabeu Tourbat
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Red Grenache Blanc Grenache Gris Grenache Macabeu Tourbat
max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Unconsolidated sediments37% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)34% Mixed sedimentary rocks17% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 91 Show all 91 Argeles-Sur-Mer Bages Baho Baixas Banyuls-Dels-Aspres Belesta Brouilla Cabestany Caixas Calce Camelas Canet-En-Roussillon Canohes Cascastel-Des-Corbieres Cases-De-Pene Cassagnes Castelnou Caves Ceret Claira Corbere Corbere-Les-Cabanes Corneilla-La-Riviere Elne Espira-De-L'Agly Estagel Fitou Fourques La Palme Laroque-Des-Alberes Latour-Bas-Elne Latour-De-France Le Boulou Le Soler Les Cluses Lesquerde Leucate Llauro Llupia Maureillas-Las-Illas Maury Millas Montauriol Montescot Montesquieu-Des-Alberes Montner Nefiach Opoul-Perillos Ortaffa Palau-Del-Vidre Passa Paziols Perpignan Peyrestortes Pezilla-La-Riviere Pia Planezes Pollestres Ponteilla Rasigueres Reynes Rivesaltes Saint-Andre Saint-Esteve Saint-Feliu-D'Amont Saint-Feliu-D'Avall Saint-Genis-Des-Fontaines Saint-Hippolyte Saint-Jean-Lasseille Saint-Jean-Pla-De-Corts Saint-Nazaire Saint-Paul-De-Fenouillet Sainte-Colombe-De-La-Commanderie Saleilles Salses-Le-Chateau Sorede Tautavel Terrats Thuir Torderes Toulouges Treilles Tresserre Trouillas Tuchan Villelongue-Dels-Monts Villemolaque Villeneuve-De-La-Raho Villeneuve-La-Riviere Vingrau Vives Wineries · 35 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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