Côtes du Forez

Appellation

Côtes du Forez is an appellation in France, covering 1,926 ha across 17 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Gamay. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: AOC
Category: Vin tranquille
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 1,926 ha
Extent N–S × E–W: 34.32 × 10.23 km
Centre: 45.5655° N, 4.0839° E
Grapes: Gamay
Max yield: 66 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
INAO office: Tours

Where it is

Nearest town: 4.9 km south of Montbrison
Nearest city: 28 km north-west of Saint-Étienne 176,280 people
To the sea: 223 km
Rivers nearby: Loire (15 km)
Same latitude: Tualatin Hills (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 357–597 m
Mean elevation: 465 m

Measured over the whole outline on 8,215 elevation cells of about 53 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Côtes du Forez Red

Gamay

max 66 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Côtes du Forez Rosé

Gamay

max 66 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks48%
Acid plutonic rocks (granite)33%
Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)18%

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

Communes · 17

Arthun
Boen-Sur-Lignon
Bussy-Albieux
Champdieu
Ecotay-L'Olme
Leigneux
Lezigneux
Marcilly-Le-Chatel
Marcoux
Montbrison
Pralong
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville
Saint-Germain-Laval
Saint-Sixte
Saint-Thomas-La-Garde
Sainte-Agathe-La-Bouteresse
Trelins

Wineries · 3

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Sources

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

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