Grand Roussillon

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• An amphitheatre open to the east onto the Mediterranean, framed by the Canigou (2,780 m), the Albères (1,450 m), and the Corbières (878 m).
• An area spanning 89 communes in the Pyrénées-Orientales and 9 communes in the Aude, including the 4 communes of the AOC Banyuls. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Thin, very dry, poor, stony, and well-drained soils: terraces of rounded pebbles, clay-limestone, schist, and Pliocene sands.
• Annual sunshine exceeding 2,500 hours, rainfall of 500 to 650 mm, often stormy, distributed across spring and autumn.
• The Tramontane, a very cold north-westerly wind, blows one day in three and dominates the climate of Roussillon.

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

Sources

• Product specification (BO Agri, PDF)
• Official INAO text (show_texte)
• INAO product entry