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Crozes-Hermitage

Appellation

Crozes-Hermitage is an appellation in France, covering 4,226.4 ha across 11 communes. The rules allow red and white wine, based on Syrah, Marsanne and Roussanne. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments. It lies 1.8 km north-east of Tournon-sur-Rhône and 18 km north of Valence.

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Key facts

Official name
Crozes-Hermitage ou Crozes-Ermitage
Type
AOC
Category
Vin tranquille
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
4,226.4 ha
Separate plots
4
Extent N–S × E–W
15.95 × 10.32 km
Centre
45.0816° N, 4.8411° E
Grapes
Marsanne, Roussanne, Syrah
Max yield
50 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
INAO office
Valence

Where it is

Nearest town
1.8 km north-east of Tournon-sur-Rhône
Nearest city
18 km north of Valence 63,864 people
To the sea
167 km
Rivers nearby
Rhône (0.3 km) · Arc (8.7 km)
Same latitude
Eola-Amity Hills (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

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

Terrain

Elevation
115–375 m
Mean elevation
167 m
Mean slope
4.9° (9 %)
Steepest tenth
above 16°
Faces
south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 60,532 elevation cells of about 27 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Crozes-Hermitage Red
Syrah
max 50 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Crozes-Hermitage White
MarsanneRoussanne
max 50 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Northern Rhône

405
406
307
208
509
510
311
412
413
314
515
416
417
418
519
420
321
422
423
324

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 · 11

Wineries · 2

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Sources

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

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