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Clairette de Die

Clairette de Die is an appellation in France, covering 6,626.8 ha across 30 communes. The rules allow rosé and white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Muscat À Petits Grains Rouges and Clairette. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin mousseux, Vin mousseux "Méthode ancestrale"

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

6,626.8 ha

Separate plots

49

Extent N–S × E–W

21.14 × 37.28 km

Centre

44.6968° N, 5.1807° E

Grapes

Clairette, Clairette Rose, Gamay, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Muscat À Petits Grains Rouges

Max yield

70 hl/ha

INAO office

Valence

Where it is

Nearest town

14 km south-east of Crest

Nearest city

33 km south-east of Valence 63,864 people

To the sea

127 km

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation

197–821 m

Mean elevation

415 m

Measured over the whole outline on 26,242 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Northern 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

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)52%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks42%

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

Communes · 30

• Aouste-Sur-Sye
• Aubenasson
• Aurel
• Barnave
• Barsac
• Beaufort-Sur-Gervanne
• Chatillon-En-Diois
• Die
• Espenel
• Laval-D'Aix
• Luc-En-Diois
• Menglon
• Mirabel-Et-Blacons
• Montclar-Sur-Gervanne
• Montlaur-En-Diois
• Montmaur-En-Diois
• Piegros-La-Clastre
• Ponet-Et-Saint-Auban
• Pontaix
• Poyols
• Recoubeau-Jansac
• Saillans
• Saint-Benoit-En-Diois
• Saint-Roman
• Saint-Sauveur-En-Diois
• Sainte-Croix
• Solaure En Diois
• Suze
• Vercheny
• Veronne

Wineries · 4

• Cave Maillefaud
• Domaine Peylong
• Domaine de Magord
• Raspail

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Sources

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

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