Minervois-la-Livinière

Minervois-la-Livinière is an appellation in France across 6 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Mourvèdre and Syrah. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOP

Category

Wine

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

13,594 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

16.12 × 19.19 km

Centre

43.3304° N, 2.6787° E

Grapes

Carignan, Cinsaut, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Mourvèdre, Piquepoul Noir, Rivairenc, Syrah, Terret Noir

Max yield

51 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,200 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km north of Lézignan-Corbières

Nearest city

31 km north-west of Narbonne 50,776 people

To the sea

43 km

Rivers nearby

Aude (7.7 km)

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Umpqua Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

43–930 m

Mean elevation

240 m

Mean slope

9.2° (16 %)

Steepest tenth

above 23°

Faces

south

Measured over the whole outline on 176,716 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks54%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)26%
• Unconsolidated sediments11%

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

Communes · 6

• Azillanet
• Azille
• Cesseras
• Félines-Minervois
• La Livinière
• Siran

Wineries · 5

• Ancienne cave cooperative
• Cave les Trois Blasons
• Château de Gourgazaud
• Domaine Saint-Julien
• Le Pech d'André

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications