Côtes du Rhône Villages AOC
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| Côtes du Rhône Villages (wine region) | |
| Official name | Côtes du Rhône Villages AOC |
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| Appellation type | Appellation d'origine contrôlée |
| Year established | NA |
| Country | France |
| Part of | Rhône Valley |
| Location | Rhône Valley, South |
| Climate region | mediteranean |
| Soil conditions | argilo-calcaireous, heavily pebbled |
| Total area (ha) | NA |
| Planted area (ha) | 7,698 incl. named villages |
| Yield (hl/ha) | 38; (37 for named villages) |
| Other appellations | Côtes du Rhône Villages (named) |
| Wine produced | red, white, rosé |
| Data | 2005 |
| Key | ha: hectares, hl: hectolitres; hl/ha: hectolitres per hectare; NA: not available |
Côtes du Rhône-Villages is a wine-growing AOC for the southern Rhône wine region of France.
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[edit] Geography
The areas designated as Côtes du Rhône Village have exceptional natural growing conditions and extend over 95 communes for just over 7,500 heactares of total vinyard under cultivation.
In the Provence: Cairanne, Plan de Dieu (Camaret-sur-Aigues, Jonquières, Travaillan, Violès), Puymeras, Rasteau, Roaix, Sablet, Séguret, and Massif d'Uchaux as well as Valréas and Visan in the Enclave des Papes.
In the Drôme Provençale: Rochegude, Rousset-les-Vignes, Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues, and Saint-Pantaléon.
In the Gard Provençal: Chusclan, Laudun, Saint-Gervais and Signargues.
[edit] Grape varieties
Red and rosé wines are made from Grenache Noir, Syrah, Cinsaut, Carignan, Cournoise and Mourvèdre grapes, white wines from Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier and Bourboulenc.
[edit] The wines
[edit] Côtes du Rhône Villages
With a total of approximately 2,211 hectares under cultivation for Côtes du Rhône Villages, the average yield is approximately 38 hectolitres per hectare. Producers are required to adhere to stricter wine growing and wine making rules than those prescribed for Côtes du Rhône. In the red wines the Grenache grape must be present at not less than 50%, with 20% Syrah and/or Mourvèdre. A maximum of 20% of other authorised varieties is permitted. The rosés must contain a minimum of 50% Grenache with 20% of Syrah and/or Morvèdre and a maximum of 20% of other authorised varieties to comprise not more than 20% of white varieties. Used are Grenache, Clairette, Marsanne, Rousanne, Bouboulenc and Viognier. The white wines are a blend of Grenache white, Clairette white, Marsanne white, Rousanne white, Bourboulenc white and Viognier. Other varieties are allowed to a maximum of 20%. The minimum required alcoholic strength is fixed at 12% for all three colours.[1]
[edit] Côtes du Rhône Villages + village names
Under stricter requirements than for the Côtes du Rhône Villages, nineteen of the communes of the appellation are authorised to append their respective village name on the label. With around 5,500 hectares under cultivation, the average yield is approximately 37 hectolitres per hectare. The minimum required alcoholic strength is fixed at 12.5% for the reds and 12% for the whites and rosés.[2] The villages are:
On the left bank: Cairanne, Massif d'Uchaux, Plan de Dieu, Puyméras, Rasteau, Roaix, Rochegude, Rousset-les-Vignes, Sablet, Saint Maurice, Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes, Séguret, Valréas, Visan,
On the right bank: Chusclan, Laudun, Saint Gervais, Signargues.
[edit] See also
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