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Ventoux

Ventoux is an appellation in France, covering 65,558.7 ha across 53 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin primeur, Vin tranquille

Protected since

2011-12-09

Area

65,558.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

43.62 × 49.22 km

Centre

44.0498° N, 5.1512° E

Grapes

Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Marsanne, Marselan, Mourvèdre, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Vermentino, Viognier

Max yield

66 hl/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

2.1 km south-east of Mazan

Nearest city

30 km east of Avignon 89,769 people

To the sea

55 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (24 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

34–888 m

Mean elevation

316 m

Measured over the whole outline on 196,800 elevation cells of about 55 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 rocks58%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)27%
• Unconsolidated sediments15%

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

Communes · 53

Show all 53

• Apt
• Aubignan
• Blauvac
• Bonnieux
• Beaumettes
• Beaumont-Du-Ventoux
• Bédoin
• Caromb
• Crillon-Le-Brave
• Cabrières-D'Avignon
• Carpentras
• Caseneuve
• Crestet
• Entrechaux
• Flassan
• Fontaine-De-Vaucluse
• Gargas
• Gignac
• Gordes
• Goult
• Joucas
• L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue
• La Roque-Sur-Pernes
• Lagnes
• Le Beaucet
• Lioux
• Le Barroux
• Loriol-Du-Comtat
• Malemort-Du-Comtat
• Maubec
• Mazan
• Modène
• Murs
• Malaucène
• Mormoiron
• Méthamis
• Pernes-Les-Fontaines
• Robion
• Roussillon
• Rustrel
• Saignon
• Saint-Hippolyte-Le-Graveyron
• Saint-Martin-De-Castillon
• Saint-Pantaléon
• Saint-Pierre-De-Vassols
• Saint-Saturnin-Lès-Apt
• Saumane-De-Vaucluse
• Saint-Didier
• Velleron
• Venasque
• Villars
• Viens
• Villes-Sur-Auzon

Wineries · 8

• Clauvallis
• Domaine &LesChancels
• Domaine Chaumard
• Domaine Dambrun
• Domaine J&D
• Domaine de Fondrèche
• Domaine du Pont Julien
• Mas Oncle Ernest

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Sources

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

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