Muscat de Lunel

Appellation

Muscat de Lunel is an appellation in France, covering 555.1 ha across 4 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Lunel and 21 km east of Montpellier.

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Key facts

Type: AOC
Category: Vin doux naturel
Protected since: 1973-09-18
Area: 555.1 ha
Separate plots: 3
Extent N–S × E–W: 5.36 × 7.37 km
Centre: 43.7004° N, 4.1091° E
Grapes: Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs
Max yield: 40 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
INAO office: Montpellier

Where it is

Nearest town: around the town of Lunel
Nearest city: 21 km east of Montpellier 248,252 people
To the sea: 16 km
Same latitude: Hokkaido (Japan), Prince Edward County (Canada), Snake River Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 10–66 m
Mean elevation: 36 m
Mean slope: 3.8° (7 %)
Steepest tenth: above 7°
Faces: several directions, mostly south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 30,590 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Muscat de Lunel White · Liqueur Wine

Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs

max 40 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

Mixed sedimentary rocks71%
Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)22%

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

Communes · 4

Entre-Vignes
Lunel
Lunel-Viel
Saturargues

Wineries · 4

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Sources

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

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