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Vacqueyras

Vacqueyras is an appellation in France, covering 2,073.1 ha in Sarrians and Vacqueyras. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 4.7 km north of Sarrians and 13 km east of Orange.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

2,073.1 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

8.3 × 5.55 km

Centre

44.1257° N, 4.9699° E

Grapes

Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret Noir, Viognier

Max yield

40 hl/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

4.7 km north of Sarrians

Nearest city

13 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

34–260 m

Mean elevation

98 m

Mean slope

4.0° (7 %)

Steepest tenth

above 11°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 112,176 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 rocks57%
• Unconsolidated sediments43%

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

Communes · 2

• Sarrians
• Vacqueyras

Sources

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

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