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Côtes du Roussillon Villages Les Aspres

Sub-zone

Côtes du Roussillon Villages Les Aspres is a named sub-zone of Côtes du Roussillon Villages in France, covering 3,160.7 ha across 19 communes. That is 8.4% of the Côtes du Roussillon Villages appellation area. The rules allow red wine, based on Carignan, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 6.1 km south of Thuir and 18 km south-west of Perpignan.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Côtes du Roussillon Villages
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
3,160.7 ha
Separate plots
339
Extent N–S × E–W
12.09 × 18.31 km
Centre
42.5780° N, 2.7480° E

Where it is

Nearest town
6.1 km south of Thuir
Nearest city
18 km south-west of Perpignan 110,706 people
To the sea
24 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
33–248 m
Mean elevation
126 m
Mean slope
4.1° (7 %)
Steepest tenth
above 8°
Faces
east

Measured over the whole outline on 44,026 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 19

Sources

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

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