France · AOC
Muscat du Cap Corse
Appellation
Muscat du Cap Corse is an appellation in France, covering 8,585.7 ha across 17 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs. Regional bedrock: metamorphic rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin doux naturel Protected since 1996-11-15 Area 8,585.7 ha Separate plots 12 Extent N–S × E–W 41.82 × 15.33 km Centre 42.8141° N, 9.4618° E Grapes Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs Max yield 33 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Corse Where it is Nearest town 12 km north of Bastia Nearest city 107 km south-west of Livorno 157,017 people To the sea 1.8 km Same latitude Khvanchkara (Georgia), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Xinjiang (Turpan, Manas, Yanqi) (China), Southern Oregon (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 0–600 m Mean elevation 106 m Measured over the whole outline on 24,891 elevation cells of about 56 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules White · Liqueur Wine Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs
max 33 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Metamorphic rocks (schist, slate, gneiss)49% Unconsolidated sediments17% Mixed sedimentary rocks12% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 17 Barbaggio Barrettali Cagnano Centuri Ersa Farinole Luri Meria Morsiglia Oletta Patrimonio Pietracorbara Poggio-D'Oletta Rogliano Saint-Florent Sisco Tomino Wineries · 13 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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