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Côtes d'Auvergne Chateaugay

Sub-zone

Côtes d'Auvergne Chateaugay is a named sub-zone of Côtes d'Auvergne in France, covering 182.8 ha in Cebazat, Chateaugay and Menetrol. That is 6.1% of the Côtes d'Auvergne appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine, based on Gamay and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: basic volcanic rocks. It lies 4.1 km south of Riom and 9 km north of Clermont-Ferrand.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Côtes d'Auvergne
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
182.8 ha
Separate plots
53
Extent N–S × E–W
2.24 × 2.32 km
Centre
45.8574° N, 3.1052° E

Where it is

Nearest town
4.1 km south of Riom
Nearest city
9 km north of Clermont-Ferrand 147,865 people
To the sea
266 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
333–524 m
Mean elevation
401 m
Mean slope
10.8° (19 %)
Steepest tenth
above 19°
Faces
south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 43,027 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 3

Sources

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

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