Costières de Nîmes

Costières de Nîmes is an appellation in France, covering 23,387.5 ha across 24 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1996-11-15

Area

23,387.5 ha

Separate plots

4

Extent N–S × E–W

31.49 × 29.18 km

Centre

43.7631° N, 4.4757° E

Grapes

Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache, Macabeu, Marsanne, Marselan, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Syrah, Vermentino, Viognier

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

6.2 km south of Manduel

Nearest city

13 km south-east of Nîmes 148,236 people

To the sea

27 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (6.7 km)

Same latitude

Prince Edward County (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Snake River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

0–141 m

Mean elevation

55 m

Measured over the whole outline on 76,288 elevation cells of about 55 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 sediments78%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks22%

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

Communes · 24

• Aubord
• Beaucaire
• Beauvoisin
• Bellegarde
• Bernis
• Bezouce
• Bouillargues
• Caissargues
• Garons
• Generac
• Jonquieres-Saint-Vincent
• Le Cailar
• Ledenon
• Manduel
• Meynes
• Milhaud
• Nimes
• Redessan
• Rodilhan
• Saint-Gilles
• Sernhac
• Uchaud
• Vauvert
• Vestric-Et-Candiac

Wineries · 23

• Château Beaubois
• Château Guiot
• Château Les Sources de la Marine
• Château Mas Neuf
• Château Mourgues du Grès
• Château Roubaud
• Château Saint-Cyrgues
• Château Saint-Louis la Perdrix
• Château Vessière
• Château d'Or et de Gueules
• Château de Valcombe
• Château de la Haute Cassagne
• Château l'Ermitage
• Château la Tuilerie
• Clos des boutes
• Domaine Belle d'Argence Bio
• Domaine Cabanis
• Domaine Diminoit
• Domaine Renouard Scamandre
• Gallician Signature
• Mas Carlot
• Mas des Bressades
• Mas des Tourelles

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Sources

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