Editing Cornas AOC (section)

==Climate and geography==
Cornas, along with the rest of the northern Rhône, has a [[continental climate (wine)|continental climate]] rather than the [[Mediterranean climate (wine)|Mediterranean climate]] found in the south. However unlike some of the other northern Rhône appellations, Cornas is mostly shielded from the cold ''[[Mistral (wind)|le mistral]]'' winds that can last into the Spring, and is often the first appellation in the north to begin the harvest.<ref name="Niels Lillelund 2004. p. 105"/> The [[vineyard]]s are just north of [[Valence, Drôme|Valence]], in a fairly small area of steep slopes facing east-southeast, south of [[Tain l'Hermitage]]. The vineyards are situated between {{convert|100|m}} and {{convert|400|m}} above sea level. In the northern part, especially near "''Les Chaillot''", the soil contains chalk but is mostly sandy and rocky, with characteristic reddish-brown dirt.<ref name="Niels Lillelund 2004. p. 108">Niels Lillelund: ''Rhône-Vinene'' JP Bøger - JP/Politikens Forlagshus A/S, 2004. {{ISBN|87-567-7140-1}}, p. 108</ref> The sunny sector of "''Quartier de Reynard''" which has vines at {{convert|300|m}} has a granite soil. To the south, near "''La Côte''" and "''La Combe''", the soil is mostly clay.<ref name="Niels Lillelund 2004. p. 108"/>  It is a small appellation of only {{convert|90|ha}}, with an average output of {{convert|4,000|hl}}.<ref>Niels Lillelund: ''Rhône-Vinene'' JP Bøger - JP/Politikens Forlagshus A/S, 2004. {{ISBN|87-567-7140-1}}, p. 112</ref> By way of comparison there are individual châteaux in [[Bordeaux (wine)|Bordeaux]] which produce more wine than the entire Cornas appellation.