Languedocien Languedocien (French name, ), Languedocian or Lengadocian (), is an Occitan dialect spoken in rural parts of southern France such as Languedoc, Rouergue, Quercy, Agenais and Southern Périgord. It is sometimes also called Languedocien-Guyennai ...

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Hérault Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.department in southern

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. It is noted for its flourishing wine industry. Map commune FR insee code 34045

Viticulture

Cabrières wine is marketed under the

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Coteaux du Languedoc. This is the smallest of the

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appellations. Grape varieties permitted are: * White :

Bourboulenc Bourboulenc is a white wine grape variety primarily grown in southern France. The variety is found in the regions Southern Rhône, Provence and Languedoc. Bourboulenc is a late-ripening grape variety with tight bunches of large grapes, that can ...

,

Roussanne Roussanne is a white wine grape grown originally in the Rhône wine region in France, where it is often blended with Marsanne. It is the only other white variety, besides Marsanne, allowed in the northern Rhône appellations of Crozes-Hermitage ...

,

Marsanne Marsanne is a white wine grape, most commonly found in the Northern Rhône region. It is often blended with Roussanne. In Savoie the grape is known as ''grosse roussette''. Outside France it is also grown in Switzerland (where it is known as ' ...

, Clairette,

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* Rosé : Grenache (10% maximum when blended) or Cinsaut (45% minimum for rosés; 40% maximum for reds) * Red :

Carignan Carignan (also known as Mazuelo, Bovale Grande, Cariñena, Carinyena, Samsó, Carignane, and Carignano) is a red grape variety of Spanish origin that is more commonly found in French wine but is widely planted throughout the western Mediterra ...

, Grenache,

Mourvèdre Mourvèdre (also known as Mataro or Monastrell) is a red wine grape variety grown in many regions around the world including the Rhône and Provence regions of France, the Valencia and Jumilla and Yecla '' denominaciones de origen'' (DOs) of S ...

and Syrah. The Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah varieties combined must add up to a minimum of 50%. The majority of wine production takes place in the ''Cave Coopérative des Vignerons de l'Estabel'', which has been bottling wine since 1948. Other production wineries are ''Le Domaine du Temple'', ''le Château des Deux Rocs'', ''le Clos Romain'', ''le Mas de Valbrune'' and ''le Mas Cauvi''. All told, Cabrières wine production is restricted to 20,000 hectolitres.

Geology

The

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for the

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is near the summit of La Serre hill, in the

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of Cabrières, in the Montagne Noire (southern

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).The GSSP was published by Paproth ''et al.'' (1991) The GSSP is in a section on the southern side of the hill, in an 80 cm deep trench, about 125 m south of the summit, 2.5 km southwest of the village of Cabrières and 2.5 km north of the hamlet of

Fontès Fontès (; Languedocien: ''Fontés'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department The following is a list of the 342 Communes of France, communes of the Hérault Depa ...

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Population

References

Communes of Hérault {{Hérault-geo-stub