Château-Grillet

Château-Grillet is an appellation in France, covering 3.8 ha in Saint-Michel-Sur-Rhone and Vérin. The rules allow white wine, based on Viognier. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks. It lies 9.9 km north of Roussillon and 13 km south-west of Vienne.

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

1973-09-18

Area

3.8 ha

Separate plots

2

Extent N–S × E–W

0.32 × 0.16 km

Centre

45.4508° N, 4.7510° E

Grapes

Viognier

Max yield

41 hl/ha

Min planting density

8,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Valence

Where it is

Nearest town

9.9 km north of Roussillon

Nearest city

13 km south-west of Vienne 32,293 people

To the sea

208 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (1 km)

Same latitude

Tip of the Mitt (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

148–242 m

Mean elevation

193 m

Mean slope

23.5° (43 %)

Steepest tenth

above 36°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 3,548 elevation cells of about 3 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

• Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)75%
• Unconsolidated sediments25%

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

Communes · 2

• Saint-Michel-Sur-Rhone
• Vérin

Sources

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