Corbières-Boutenac

Corbières-Boutenac is an appellation in France across 10 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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

Key facts

Type

AOP

Category

Wine

Protected since

2011-12-14

Area

22,002 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

21.0 × 18.42 km

Centre

43.1498° N, 2.7484° E

Grapes

Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah

Max yield

50 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,400 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.7 km south of Lézignan-Corbières

Nearest city

21 km west of Narbonne 50,776 people

To the sea

30 km

Rivers nearby

Aude (11 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

20–370 m

Mean elevation

106 m

Measured over the whole outline on 71,388 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)67%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks18%
• Unconsolidated sediments15%

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

Communes · 10

• Boutenac
• Fabrezan
• Ferrals-Les-Corbières
• Luc-Sur-Orbieu
• Lézignan-Corbières
• Montséret
• Ornaisons
• Saint-André-De-Roquelongue
• Saint-Laurent-De-La-Cabrerisse
• Thézan-Des-Corbières

Sources

EU register of geographical indications