Pays d'Oc

France · PGI · Languedoc · 1353 INAO commune(s)

Styles

Natural factors

The zone covers the départements of the Aude, the Gard, the Hérault, and the Pyrénées-Orientales in their entirety, as well as 6 communes of the Lozère, forming a vast amphitheatre backed by the mountain ridges running from the Pyrenees to the Cévennes.
Whatever the geological formation of origin, the vines grow on dry, generally stony, low-fertility, well-drained soils that allow deep rooting.
The Mediterranean climate is characterised by hot, dry summers and mild winters, with desiccating winds from the north and west such as the Mistral, the cers, and the Tramontane, or maritime winds such as the marin or the grec d'Espagne.
Rainfall increases with altitude and distance from the sea, ranging from 400 mm to nearly 1,000 mm depending on the part of the territory.
In its northern part, at the foot of the Cévennes, the soil is clay-limestone over folded Jurassic bedrock, notably within the territories of the appellations pic-saint-loup and terrasses-du-larzac. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the centre of Languedoc, on the hillsides, erosion has exposed Ordovician schists, as on the denomination cabrières or the appellation faugères. (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 1353 commune(s) of the delimited area (INAO); no parcel delimitation exists for this denomination.