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Coteaux de Pierrevert is a wine-growing AOC in the western part of the Provence wine region of France, where the wines are produced in 11 communes of the Alpes de Haute-Provence département. It is partly located in the valley of the Durance river in the region of Manosque.
| Coteaux de Pierrevert (wine region) |
| Official name |
Coteaux de Pierrevert AOC |
| Appellation type |
AOC |
| Year established |
VDQS 1959; AOC 1998 |
| Country |
France |
| Part of |
Provence |
| Climate region |
mediterranean with cool alpine winds |
| Soil conditions |
calcerous marl, Mio-pilocene sands and pebblesr |
| Planted area (ha) |
338 |
| Yield (hl/ha) |
50 |
| Yield (hl) |
17,000 |
| No. of vineyards |
32 |
| Grapes produced |
grenache noir, syrah, carignan, cinsault, genache blanc, vermentino, ugni blanc, clairette, rousanne |
| No. of wineries |
9 |
| Wine produced |
red, white, rosé |
| Data |
2007 |
| Key |
ha: hectares, hl: hectolitres, hl/ha: hectolitres per hectare |
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Red wines are made from Grenache Noir and Syrah which must account for 70% together with aminimum of 30% of each. Secondary varieties are [Cinsault]] and Carignan.
Rosé: Grenache Noir minimum 50%, and Syrah 20% minimum. Other secondary varieties are allowed with a maximum of 20% white grapes.
White wines from Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Ugni Blanc, Roussanne of which no variety may exceed 70% together to a maximum of 20%. Grenache blanc and Vermentino must together represent a minimum of 25%.
[edit] Economy
The Coteaux de Pierrevert[1] wines are produced by a total of 35 concerns which include 32 growers, 6 private wineries, 2 cooperative wineries, and one producer/merchant. The vinyards are in the communes of Corbières, Gréoux-les-Bains, Manosque, Montfuron, Pierrevert, Quinson, Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon, Saint-Martin-de-Brumes, Sainte-Tulle, Villeneuve, and Voix.
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