Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise is an appellation in France, covering 1,263 ha in Aubignan and Beaumes-De-Venise. The rules allow white, red and rosé wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs and Muscat À Petits Grains Rouges. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 7.9 km north of Carpentras and 17 km east of Orange.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin doux naturel

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

1,263 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

4.08 × 6.46 km

Centre

44.1249° N, 5.0266° E

Grapes

Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Muscat À Petits Grains Rouges

Max yield

40 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

7.9 km north of Carpentras

Nearest city

17 km east of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

63 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

54–454 m

Mean elevation

170 m

Mean slope

11.6° (21 %)

Steepest tenth

above 25°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 67,711 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks97%

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

Communes · 2

• Aubignan
• Beaumes-De-Venise

Wineries · 1

• Domaine des Bernardins

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Sources

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