Saint-Péray

Saint-Péray is an appellation in France, covering 1,831.9 ha in Saint-Peray and Toulaud. The rules allow white wine, based on Marsanne and Roussanne. Regional bedrock: acid plutonic rocks. It lies 4.4 km west of Guilherand-Granges and 7 km west of Valence.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin mousseux, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

1,831.9 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

4.93 × 5.71 km

Centre

44.9370° N, 4.8177° E

Grapes

Marsanne, Roussanne

Max yield

60 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Valence

Where it is

Nearest town

4.4 km west of Guilherand-Granges

Nearest city

7 km west of Valence 63,864 people

To the sea

151 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (5.7 km)

Same latitude

Leelanau Peninsula (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

124–644 m

Mean elevation

333 m

Mean slope

16.9° (30 %)

Steepest tenth

above 29°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 103,178 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Northern Rhône

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Acid plutonic rocks (granite)77%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks20%

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

Communes · 2

• Saint-Peray
• Toulaud

Sources

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