France · AOC
Minervois
Appellation
Minervois is an appellation in France, covering 30,094.1 ha across 61 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 1973-09-18 Area 30,094.1 ha Extent N–S × E–W 23.55 × 47.07 km Centre 43.2972° N, 2.6607° E Grapes Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Rivairenc, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret Blanc, Terret Noir, Vermentino, Viognier Max yield 60 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Narbonne Where it is Nearest town 13 km north-west of Lézignan-Corbières Nearest city 30 km north-west of Narbonne 50,776 people To the sea 43 km Rivers nearby Aude (5.1 km) Same latitude Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Lake Wisconsin (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 26–496 m Mean elevation 141 m Measured over the whole outline on 26,447 elevation cells of about 111 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Grenache Lledoner Pelut Mourvèdre Syrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Rosé Grenache Lledoner Pelut Mourvèdre Syrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
White Bourboulenc Grenache Blanc Maccabeu Marsanne Roussanne Vermentino
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Mixed sedimentary rocks75% Unconsolidated sediments17% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 61 Show all 61 Aigne Aigues-Vives Argeliers Azillanet Azille Agel Aigues-Vives Argens-Minervois Blomac Bouilhonnac Badens Bagnoles Beaufort Bize-Minervois Cabrespine Cassagnoles Castelnau-D'Aude Caunes-Minervois Cesseras Félines-Minervois Ginestas Homps La Redorte Limousis La Caunette La Livinière Laure-Minervois Mailhac Marseillette Minerve Mirepeisset Montouliers Malves-En-Minervois Olonzac Oupia Paraza Pepieux Peyriac-Minervois Pouzols-Minervois Puicheric Roquecourbe-Minervois Roubia Rustiques Rieux-Minervois Saint-Couat-D'Aude Saint-Nazaire-D'Aude Sainte-Valiere Salleles-Cabardes Salsigne Saint-Frichoux Saint-Jean-De-Minervois Siran Tourouzelle Trassanel Trausse Trebes Ventenac-En-Minervois Villalier Villarzel-Cabardès Villegly Villeneuve-Minervois Wineries · 11 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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