Gigondas

Gigondas is an appellation in France, covering 1,736 ha in Gigondas. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 10 km south-west of Vaison-la-Romaine and 16 km east of Orange.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

1,736 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

6.49 × 8.23 km

Centre

44.1640° N, 5.0022° E

Grapes

Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret Noir, Ugni Blanc, Viognier

Max yield

40 hl/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km south-west of Vaison-la-Romaine

Nearest city

16 km east of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

67 km

Same latitude

Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

96–546 m

Mean elevation

247 m

Mean slope

10.3° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 23°

Faces

west

Measured over the whole outline on 93,541 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks81%
• Unconsolidated sediments12%

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

Communes · 1

• Gigondas

Sources

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