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Cabardès

Appellation

Cabardès is an appellation in France, covering 4,558.1 ha across 18 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1982-12-31
Area
4,558.1 ha
Separate plots
18
Extent N–S × E–W
15.47 × 21.17 km
Centre
43.2839° N, 2.3012° E
Grapes
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsaut, Cot, Fer, Grenache, Merlot, Syrah
Max yield
60 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town
8.4 km north of Carcassonne
Nearest city
36 km south of Castres 47,275 people
To the sea
69 km
Rivers nearby
Aude (8.9 km)
Same latitude
Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Lake Wisconsin (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
96–502 m
Mean elevation
187 m
Mean slope
5.0° (9 %)
Steepest tenth
above 10°
Faces
south

Measured over the whole outline on 64,222 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Cabardès Red
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonGrenacheMerlotSyrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Cabardès Rosé
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonGrenacheMerlotSyrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 18

Wineries · 1

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Sources

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

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