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Boutenac

Boutenac is an appellation in France, covering 2,623.3 ha across 10 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies 9 km south of Lézignan-Corbières and 16 km west of Narbonne.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

2,623.3 ha

Separate plots

11

Extent N–S × E–W

11.65 × 12.75 km

Centre

43.1304° N, 2.8119° E

INAO office

Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town

9 km south of Lézignan-Corbières

Nearest city

16 km west of Narbonne 50,776 people

To the sea

24 km

Same latitude

Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Escarpment (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

39–241 m

Mean elevation

112 m

Mean slope

6.2° (11 %)

Steepest tenth

above 12°

Faces

several directions, mostly north

Measured over the whole outline on 35,488 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)73%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks27%

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

Communes · 10

• Boutenac
• Fabrezan
• Ferrals-Les-Corbieres
• Lezignan-Corbieres
• Luc-Sur-Orbieu
• Montseret
• Ornaisons
• Saint-Andre-De-Roquelongue
• Saint-Laurent-De-La-Cabrerisse
• Thezan-Des-Corbieres

Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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