Appellation · AOC · Rhône méridional

Costières de Nîmes

An appellation of the Rhône Valley, in the Rhône méridional. Its specification allows white, red and rosé wines.

White
Red
Rosé

Rhône Valley · Rhône méridional · Gard (30)

21,000 hadelimited area

Authorised grape varieties

Reds and rosés

+ as secondary grapes: carignan, cinsaut, marselan, montepulciano, morrastel

Whites

+ as secondary grapes: bourboulenc, clairette, macabeu, vermentino, viognier, piquepoul blanc, souvignier gris, tourbat

According to the INAO specification · Read ↗

The climate, today and around 2050

Spring, average temperature

Today

13.5 °C

Around 2050

15.1 °C

13.5 °C→ 15.1 °C

Summer, average temperature

Today

23.3 °C

Around 2050

25.7 °C

23.3 °C→ 25.7 °C

Days at 35 °C or more, per year

Today

2.5

Around 2050

13.9

2.5→ 13.9

Average of the 24 communes. “Around 2050”: median value of the models for warming of +2.7 °C in France, the reference trajectory (TRACC). Source: Météo-France, Climadiag Commune.

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Official sources

Specification of the Costières de Nîmes AOCINAO · PDF · the official rulesOfficial Costières de Nîmes, from its appellation bodySyndicat des vignerons des Costières de Nîmes · official websiteOfficial

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