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Côtes du Rhône Villages Nyons

Sub-zone

Côtes du Rhône Villages Nyons is a named sub-zone of Côtes du Rhône Villages in France, covering 611.5 ha across 4 communes. That is 1.4% of the Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 8.7 km south-west of Nyons and 28 km north-east of Orange.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Côtes du Rhône Villages
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
611.5 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
14.1 × 6.31 km
Centre
44.2933° N, 5.0845° E

Where it is

Nearest town
8.7 km south-west of Nyons
Nearest city
28 km north-east of Orange 30,530 people
To the sea
82 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
238–503 m
Mean elevation
371 m
Mean slope
8.1° (14 %)
Steepest tenth
above 15°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 9,490 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Vintages: Southern Rhône

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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

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

Communes · 4

Sources

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

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