Clairette du Languedoc Lieuran-Cabrières

Clairette du Languedoc Lieuran-Cabrières is a named sub-zone of Clairette du Languedoc in France, covering 526.4 ha in Lieuran-Cabrieres. That is 6.2% of the Clairette du Languedoc appellation area. The rules allow white wine, based on Clairette. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 16 km north of Pézenas and 39 km west of Montpellier.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Clairette du Languedoc

Category

Vin de liqueur, Vin tranquille

Area

526.4 ha

Separate plots

66

Extent N–S × E–W

4.0 × 3.74 km

Centre

43.5984° N, 3.3924° E

Where it is

Nearest town

16 km north of Pézenas

Nearest city

39 km west of Montpellier 248,252 people

To the sea

31 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

81–328 m

Mean elevation

177 m

Mean slope

13.1° (23 %)

Steepest tenth

above 23°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 111,849 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks75%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)23%

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

Communes · 1

• Lieuran-Cabrieres

Sources

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