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Cairanne

Cairanne is an appellation in France, covering 1,080.5 ha in Cairanne. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Grenache, Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Roussanne. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 11 km west of Vaison-la-Romaine and 14 km north-east of Orange.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

2018-06-11

Area

1,080.5 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

5.61 × 5.25 km

Centre

44.2254° N, 4.9431° E

Grapes

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

Max yield

42 hl/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

11 km west of Vaison-la-Romaine

Nearest city

14 km north-east of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

74 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

99–326 m

Mean elevation

153 m

Mean slope

3.7° (6 %)

Steepest tenth

above 10°

Faces

south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 61,446 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

• Unconsolidated sediments58%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks42%

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

Communes · 1

• Cairanne

Wineries · 1

• Domaine Les Hautes Cances

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Sources

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

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