Clairette de Bellegarde

Clairette de Bellegarde is an appellation in France, covering 2,461.5 ha in Bellegarde. The rules allow white wine, based on Clairette. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies around the town of Bellegarde and 14 km south-east of Nîmes.

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

2,461.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

8.13 × 7.5 km

Centre

43.7528° N, 4.4820° E

Grapes

Clairette

Max yield

68 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Bellegarde

Nearest city

14 km south-east of Nîmes 148,236 people

To the sea

26 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (5.5 km)

Same latitude

Prince Edward County (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Snake River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

-20–104 m

Mean elevation

54 m

Mean slope

3.3° (6 %)

Steepest tenth

above 10°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 130,675 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

• Unconsolidated sediments75%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks25%

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

Communes · 1

• Bellegarde

Wineries · 6

• Château Les Sources de la Marine
• Château Saint-Louis la Perdrix
• Clos des boutes
• Domaine Belle d'Argence Bio
• Domaine Diminoit
• Mas Carlot

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Sources

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