{"id":7,"date":"2012-10-15T09:53:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belletwine.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:53:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:53:18","slug":"bellet-geology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Bellet Terroir"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hills<\/h3>\n

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The hills of Bellet generally run north-south but also with smaller valleys with north-south exposure. Some vineyards have a southerly Mediterranean exposure, some a northerly alpine exposure. Some face the rising sun, some the setting sun and different altitudes also influence the climate.<\/p>\n

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The same section of map showing the small rivers which flow through the hills.<\/p>\n

Geology<\/h3>\n

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The Var river and the alpine rivers which run into the river have created vast gravel beds in the lower part of the Var river.<\/p>\n

The gravel and ‘galet<\/em>‘ \u00a0(stones rolled round and smooth in water) are gathered from the river bed for building (and keeping the river clear to prevent flooding).<\/p>\n

The region of Bellet lies to the right of the orange shaded area.<\/p>\n

The hills on either side of the river have similar soil composition. The\u00a0soil is sedimentary, pebbly with the round galets\u00a0<\/em>and fine sand compacted together to form a\u00a0rock\u00a0called poudingue<\/em> with streaks of clay (argileuses<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Vine roots in Bellet poudingue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bellet poudingue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bellet poudingue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hills   The hills of Bellet generally run north-south but also with smaller valleys with north-south exposure. Some vineyards have a southerly Mediterranean exposure, some a northerly alpine exposure. Some face the rising sun, some the setting sun and different altitudes also influence the climate.           The same section of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belletwine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}