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Laudun

Laudun is an appellation in France, covering 1,148.1 ha in Laudun-L'Ardoise, Saint-Victor-La-Coste and Tresques. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.4 km south of Laudun-l'Ardoise and 14 km west of Orange.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

1,148.1 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

9.05 × 10.56 km

Centre

44.0743° N, 4.6643° E

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

3.4 km south of Laudun-l'Ardoise

Nearest city

14 km west of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

55 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (5.4 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

34–223 m

Mean elevation

103 m

Mean slope

3.9° (7 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 65,493 elevation cells of about 14 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)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments34%

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

Communes · 3

• Laudun-L'Ardoise
• Saint-Victor-La-Coste
• Tresques

Sources

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

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