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Fitou

Appellation

Fitou is an appellation in France, covering 8,198.7 ha across 9 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Carignan and Grenache. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
8,198.7 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
19.14 × 30.51 km
Centre
42.9334° N, 2.9841° E
Grapes
Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah
Max yield
54 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town
11 km south-west of Port-La Nouvelle
Nearest city
27 km north-east of Perpignan 110,706 people
To the sea
4.6 km
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Upper Hudson (United States), Racha (Georgia)

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

Terrain

Elevation
0–407 m
Mean elevation
128 m

Measured over the whole outline on 27,729 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Fitou Red
CarignanGrenache
max 54 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 · 9

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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