Cité de Carcassonne

France · PGICancelled · Languedoc · 19 INAO commune(s)

This appellation was cancelled on December 17, 2025 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2538. Older bottles, labels and teaching material may still mention it; it is kept here for reference. National act: Arrêté du 31 mars 2025 relatif à l'annulation de l'indication géographique protégée « Cité de Carcassonne ».

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Natural factors

The geographical zone is bordered to the west by the hillsides of Malepère, to the south by the foothills of the Pyrenees, to the east by Minervois and Corbières, and to the north by Cabardès.
The vineyard extends in an arc around the fortified city of Carcassonne on molasse-based soils well suited to vine cultivation.
Carcassonne sits at the confluence of a warm, humid Mediterranean sea wind and a cool wind from the north-west bringing Atlantic influences, both present for more than 300 days a year.
The tempered Mediterranean climate is characterised by annual rainfall of 700 mm spread over nearly 150 days, avoiding the summer droughts typical of a strictly southern Mediterranean climate.
According to the Köppen classification, the climate of Cabardès, which borders the zone to the north, is of type Cfa, or humid subtropical — an exception in metropolitan France, where type Cfb or Csa otherwise predominates. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

About this boundary · approximate area

Approximate area — the union of the 19 commune(s) of the delimited area (INAO); no parcel delimitation exists for this denomination.