Côtes du Rhône Villages Rochegude

Côtes du Rhône Villages Rochegude is a named sub-zone of Côtes du Rhône Villages in France, covering 1,532.2 ha in Rochegude. That is 3.5% of the Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 7.4 km east of Bollène and 15 km north of Orange.

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

Key facts

Type

Dénomination géographique complémentaire

Within

Côtes du Rhône Villages

Category

Vin tranquille

Area

1,532.2 ha

Separate plots

144

Extent N–S × E–W

5.46 × 6.07 km

Centre

44.2701° N, 4.8409° E

Where it is

Nearest town

7.4 km east of Bollène

Nearest city

15 km north of Orange 30,530 people

To the sea

78 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

77–279 m

Mean elevation

124 m

Mean slope

3.1° (5 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 83,636 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

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 sediments67%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)18%
• Mixed sedimentary rocks15%

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

Communes · 1

• Rochegude

Sources

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