Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois

Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois is an appellation in France, covering 409 ha in Saint-Jean-De-Minervois. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs. Regional bedrock: mixed sedimentary rocks. It lies 25 km north of Narbonne and 30 km west of Béziers.

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

Key facts

Type

AOC

Category

Vin doux naturel

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

409 ha

Extent N–S × E–W

2.27 × 4.3 km

Centre

43.3830° N, 2.8473° E

Grapes

Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs

Max yield

40 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

INAO office

Narbonne

Where it is

Nearest town

25 km north of Narbonne

Nearest city

30 km west of Béziers 74,081 people

To the sea

38 km

Same latitude

Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Umpqua Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation

158–284 m

Mean elevation

237 m

Mean slope

6.6° (12 %)

Steepest tenth

above 14°

Faces

south-east

Measured over the whole outline on 87,069 elevation cells of about 7 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Mixed sedimentary rocks100%

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

Communes · 1

• Saint-Jean-De-Minervois

Sources

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