Côtes du Rhône Villages Sainte-Cécile

Côtes du Rhône Villages Sainte-Cécile is a named sub-zone of Côtes du Rhône Villages in France, covering 1,138.5 ha across 4 communes. That is 2.6% of the Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 10 km north-east of Orange and 30 km north-east of Avignon.

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

1,138.5 ha

Separate plots

73

Extent N–S × E–W

10.05 × 5.17 km

Centre

44.2066° N, 4.8941° E

Where it is

Nearest town

10 km north-east of Orange

Nearest city

30 km north-east of Avignon 89,769 people

To the sea

72 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

79–131 m

Mean elevation

106 m

Mean slope

0.8° (1 %)

Steepest tenth

above 1°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 62,844 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 sediments92%

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

Communes · 4

• Sainte-Cecile-Les-Vignes
• Suze-La-Rousse
• Travaillan
• Tulette

Sources

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