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Saint-Chinian Berlou

Sub-zone

Saint-Chinian Berlou is a named sub-zone of Saint-Chinian in France, covering 733.5 ha across 5 communes. That is 3.5% of the Saint-Chinian appellation area. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. It lies 25 km north-west of Béziers and 33 km north of Narbonne.

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Key facts

Type
Dénomination géographique complémentaire
Within
Saint-Chinian
Category
Vin tranquille
Area
733.5 ha
Separate plots
221
Extent N–S × E–W
7.89 × 4.02 km
Centre
43.4813° N, 2.9678° E

Where it is

Nearest town
25 km north-west of Béziers
Nearest city
33 km north of Narbonne 50,776 people
To the sea
38 km

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

Terrain

Elevation
92–435 m
Mean elevation
216 m
Mean slope
14.6° (26 %)
Steepest tenth
above 23°
Faces
south

Measured over the whole outline on 40,168 elevation cells of about 14 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Bedrock

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

Communes · 5

Wineries · 1

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Sources

INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)

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