Beaumes de Venise

Beaumes de Venise is an appellation in France, covering 1,318.9 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Grenache. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 9.8 km north of Carpentras and 19 km east of Orange.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

2011-12-14

Area

1,318.9 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

8.04 × 7.48 km

Centre

44.1429° N, 5.0485° E

Grapes

Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret Noir, Ugni Blanc, Viognier

Max yield

42 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

9.8 km north of Carpentras

Nearest city

19 km east of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

65 km

Same latitude

Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

54–548 m

Mean elevation

236 m

Mean slope

10.5° (19 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 75,386 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Southern 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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks90%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)10%

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

Communes · 4

• Beaumes-De-Venise
• La Roque-Alric
• Lafare
• Suzette

Sources

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