France · AOC
Luberon
Appellation
Luberon is an appellation in France, covering 24,448.4 ha across 36 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 2011-12-16 Area 24,448.4 ha Extent N–S × E–W 23.64 × 52.9 km Centre 43.7448° N, 5.4549° E Grapes Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Marsanne, Marselan, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Syrah, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino, Viognier Max yield 66 hl/ha INAO office Avignon Where it is Nearest town 6.8 km north-west of Pertuis Nearest city 24 km north of Aix-en-Provence 146,821 people To the sea 33 km Rivers nearby Durance (6.3 km) Same latitude Prince Edward County (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Snake River Valley (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 97–650 m Mean elevation 306 m Measured over the whole outline on 22,930 elevation cells of about 110 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Grenache Mourvèdre Syrah
max 66 hl/ha
Rosé Grenache Mourvèdre Syrah
max 66 hl/ha
White Bourboulenc Clairette Grenache Blanc Marsanne Roussanne Vermentino
max 66 hl/ha
Vintages: Southern Rhône 4 05
4 06
5 07
2 08
4 09
5 10
3 11
4 12
3 13
2 14
4 15
5 16
3 17
3 18
5 19
4 20
3 21
4 22
4 23
3 24
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 rocks88% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 36 Ansouis Apt Beaumont-De-Pertuis Bonnieux Cabrieres-D'Aigues Cadenet Castellet-En-Luberon Cheval-Blanc Cucuron Goult Grambois La Bastide-Des-Jourdans La Bastidonne La Motte-D'Aigues La Tour-D'Aigues Lacoste Lauris Lourmarin Maubec Menerbes Merindol Mirabeau Oppede Pertuis Peypin-D'Aigues Puget Puyvert Robion Saignon Saint-Martin-De-Castillon Saint-Martin-De-La-Brasque Sannes Taillades Vaugines Villelaure Vitrolles-En-Luberon Wineries · 5 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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