AOC COTEAUX DU LANGUEDOC

APPELLATION AREA 
The appellation Coteaux du Languedoc was replaced on May 2007 by the AOC Languedoc which stretches along the Mediterranean cost, from the Spanish frontier to Nimes, on the foothills of the Montagne Noire and the Cévennes.

GEOLOGY
Very diverse constituted of Limestone Mountains and slate soils with also gravelly soil due to rivers of Languedoc.

CLIMATE
The characteristic of this Mediterranean climate, common to the entire appellation is marked by a hot and dry season which is tempered by the relief. The diversity and the specificities of the different regions have allowed the definition of major climatic zones.

GRAPES
Principal grapes for the red and the rosé: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre (50% minimum and 20% minimum Syrah Mourvèdre) Cinsault and Carignan. 
For the Pic St Loup: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre (90 % minimum). 
For the Clape and the Grés de Montpellier: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre (70% minimum). 

VINIFICATION
Red: traditional fermentation carbonic maceration 
Rosé: by saignée 
White: direct pressing

KEY FIGURES 
10 000 ha classed 
2 000 producers
80 cooperative wineries
450 particular wineries 

Basic yield 
47 hl (78% red, 10% rosé, 12% white) 
Sales 
General Distribution: 72 000 hl (22%) 
Export: 145 500 hl (43%) 
Storehouse outputs (60%)