Côtes du Rhône Villages Massif d'Uchaux

Côtes du Rhône Villages Massif d'Uchaux is a named sub-zone of Côtes du Rhône Villages in France, covering 882.4 ha in Lagarde-Pareol, Mondragon and Piolenc. That is 2.0% of the Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.7 km south of Bollène and 13 km north of Orange.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Côtes du Rhône Villages

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

882.4 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

10.11 × 11.89 km

Centre

44.2488° N, 4.7579° E

Where it is

Nearest town

3.7 km south of Bollène

Nearest city

13 km north of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

75 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (6.5 km)

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

Terrain

Elevation

45–249 m

Mean elevation

147 m

Mean slope

3.5° (6 %)

Steepest tenth

above 6°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 12,666 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)83%
• Unconsolidated sediments10%

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

Communes · 3

• Lagarde-Pareol
• Mondragon
• Piolenc

Sources

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