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MUSCAT DE RIVESALTES
Geographic situation:
90 communes in the Oriental Pyrenees and 9 communes in
Aude. The wine-growing region is limited to the East by the
Mediterranean, to the South by Spain and to the West by the Canigou foothills.
Area:
5 117 hectares
Vines:
Small grain Muscat
Alexandria Muscat
Soil:
Poor soil of a very diversified geographic type. (Stony, schists, granite, clay-limestone, red clays, etc.)
Yield:
20 hl/ha
Production:
102 340 hectolitres
Number of producers:
46 co-operative wineries
275 individual wineries