Maury

Maury is an appellation in France, covering 4,324.7 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow red and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 16 km north of Ille-sur-Têt and 26 km north-west of Perpignan.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin doux naturel, Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

4,324.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

5.75 × 14.01 km

Centre

42.8125° N, 2.6113° E

Grapes

Carignan, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Macabeu, Mourvèdre, Muscat D'Alexandrie, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Syrah, Tourbat

Max yield

40 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km north of Ille-sur-Têt

Nearest city

26 km north-west of Perpignan 110,706 people

To the sea

35 km

Same latitude

Khvanchkara (Georgia), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Southern Oregon (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

81–521 m

Mean elevation

206 m

Mean slope

11.8° (21 %)

Steepest tenth

above 23°

Faces

several directions, mostly south

Measured over the whole outline on 52,137 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)100%

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

Communes · 4

• Maury
• Rasigueres
• Saint-Paul-De-Fenouillet
• Tautavel

Sources

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