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Clairette du Languedoc Aspiran

Sub-zone

Clairette du Languedoc Aspiran is a named sub-zone of Clairette du Languedoc in France, covering 1,328.1 ha in Aspiran. That is 15.7% of the Clairette du Languedoc appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Clairette. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 14 km north-east of Pézenas and 33 km west of Montpellier.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Clairette du Languedoc
Category
Vin de liqueur, Vin tranquille
Area
1,328.1 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
5.37 × 4.65 km
Centre
43.5765° N, 3.4686° E

Where it is

Nearest town
14 km north-east of Pézenas
Nearest city
33 km west of Montpellier 248,252 people
To the sea
26 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
23–167 m
Mean elevation
84 m
Mean slope
5.5° (10 %)
Steepest tenth
above 12°
Faces
east

Measured over the whole outline on 69,834 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 1

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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