Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• Zone covering 47 communes in the Bouches-du-Rhône and 2 in the Var, between the Durance to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
• Soils are either marly-calcareous and stony with a clay-silt matrix, or on molasse/sandstone, very sandy or sandy-silty with stones.
• Mediterranean climate with 2,900 hours of sunshine per year; the Mistral, cold and dry, is particularly frequent in April.
• Annual rainfall between 550 and 680 mm, concentrated in spring and autumn and irregularly distributed.

• The Greeks introduced ugni blanc B and vine pruning near Marseille; as early as 102 BC, Plutarch mentions the wines of Aix. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Reds: floral notes (violet) and vegetal notes (hay, bay laurel, tobacco), evolving toward cinnamon and fur; reaching full expression after 2–3 years.
• Light, fruity and floral rosés with a brilliant pale pink colour, best enjoyed young; balanced, fruity reds aged until 15 April.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF), JORF 8 décembre 2019
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry
• Official trade body site — CIVP