Tavel AOC

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Tavel (Wine Region)
Appellation type AOC
Year established 1936.
Country France
Part of Rhône wine, Côtes du Rhône
Climate region mediteranean
Soil conditions chalky gravel, fluvial sand, sandstone, red clay, quartzite shingle
Total area 933 ha (approx.)
Size of planted vineyards 933 ha (approx.)
Grapes produced Grenache, Cinsault, Clairette white, Clairette rosé, Morvèdre, Picpoul, Calitor, Bourboulenc, Mourvèdre, Syrah,Carignan
Wine produced Tavel AOC
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Tavel is a wine-growing AOC in the southern Rhône wine region of France, across the Rhône River from Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC and just north of Avignon. Tavel only produces rosé. The wines must have a minimum alcohol content of 11%. The 933 hecatres produce an average yield of 42 hectolitres per hectare[1]

The wine is reputed to have been the favourite rosé of kings Philippe le Bel and Louis XIV, the Popes of Avignon[2], and the great Nineteenth Century novelist, Honoré de Balzac.[3]. Its product La Rose de Tavel is deemed by many to be the '1st rosé of France'.

It is an exceptionally clear, light to medium pink colored wine, with a fragrance of delicate fruit, flowers and nuts (almond, hazel). It is consumed chilled and and can be drunk at any time. It will accompany deserts such as ice-cream and fruit, salads and light meals in white sauce.


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Coordinates: 44°00′43″N, 4°42′02″E

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Syndicate return 2004.
  2. ^ Inter-Rhône
  3. ^ Robert Joseph, French Wine. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2005, p. 261.
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