Lirac

Lirac is an appellation in France, covering 1,308.7 ha in Lirac, Roquemaure and Saint-Genies-De-Comolas. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 3.5 km west of Roquemaure and 12 km north of Avignon.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin tranquille

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

1,308.7 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

7.14 × 8.03 km

Centre

44.0456° N, 4.7347° E

Grapes

Bourboulenc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Marsanne, Mourvèdre, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Ugni Blanc, Viognier

Max yield

43 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Avignon

Where it is

Nearest town

3.5 km west of Roquemaure

Nearest city

12 km north of Avignon 89,769 people

To the sea

52 km

Rivers nearby

Rhône (4.4 km)

Same latitude

Prince Edward County (Canada), Lower Long Tom (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

30–217 m

Mean elevation

99 m

Mean slope

4.1° (7 %)

Steepest tenth

above 9°

Faces

east

Measured over the whole outline on 71,661 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

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

• Mixed sedimentary rocks81%
• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)19%

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

Communes · 3

• Lirac
• Roquemaure
• Saint-Genies-De-Comolas

Sources

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