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Crémant de Limoux

Appellation

Crémant de Limoux is an appellation in France, covering 15,003.6 ha across 40 communes. The rules allow rosé and white wine, based on Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin mousseux "Crémant"
Protected since
1996-11-15
Area
15,003.6 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
25.14 × 24.44 km
Centre
43.0429° N, 2.1632° E
Grapes
Chardonnay, Chenin, Mauzac, Pinot Noir
Max yield
78 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Limoux
Nearest city
24 km south-west of Carcassonne 49,600 people
To the sea
72 km
Rivers nearby
Aude (5.7 km) · Hers-Vif (16 km)
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
140–527 m
Mean elevation
287 m

Measured over the whole outline on 49,068 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Crémant de Limoux Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine
Chardonnay
max 78 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Crémant de Limoux White · Quality Sparkling Wine
Chardonnay
max 78 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 40

Wineries · 6

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Sources

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

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