Villages Côtes du Rhône Villages AOC

vineyards around côtes du rhône village of visan.


côtes du rhône villages

with total of approximately 2,211 hectares under cultivation côtes du rhône villages, average yield approximately 38 hectoliters per hectare. producers required adhere stricter wine growing , wine making rules prescribed côtes du rhône. in red wines grenache grape must present @ not less 50%, 20% syrah and/or mourvèdre. maximum of 20% of other authorized varieties permitted. rosés must contain minimum of 50% grenache 20% of syrah and/or morvèdre , maximum of 20% of other authorised varieties comprise not more 20% of white varieties. used grenache, clairette, marsanne, rousanne, bouboulenc , viognier. white wines blend of grenache white, clairette white, marsanne white, rousanne white, bourboulenc white , viognier. other varieties allowed maximum of 20%. minimum required alcoholic strength fixed @ 12% 3 colours.

côtes du rhône villages + village names

vineyards around côtes du rhône village of sablét.

under stricter requirements côtes du rhône villages, twenty of communes of appellation authorized append respective village name on label. around 5,500 hectares under cultivation, average yield approximately 37 hectoliters per hectare. minimum required alcoholic strength fixed @ 12.5% reds , 12% whites , rosés.

rousset-les-vignes - northernmost of 20 named villages. though wine has been made here since 15th century not famous village. 58 ha of wine being grown here yielding 2500 hl. village added named-villages-list in 1969 , stoney vineyards located @ 400 m. altitude making village cooler temperature range villages @ lower altitudes.

saint-pantaléon-les-vignes - 3 km south of rousset-les-vignes, saint-pantaléon-les-vignes shares both terroir , history - in size alike, 1 being 63 ha producing 2665 hl. curiosity, every year ceremony held in village, oldest , youngest wine producer, along village s administration, decide when begin harvesting.

vineyards around côtes du rhône village of cairanne.

valréas - 5 km south find village. while church historically has had affinity valréas, there few remarkable wines here. village covers 273 ha. , produces 11,390 hl.

visan - 9 km. south-south-east of valréas find village. medium-sized 390 ha. of fat clay soil , average production of 16,050 hl. few visan wines attract attention.

saint-maurice - placement between villages of valréas , rasteau seems main reason why village raised village-status. 170 ha. of sandy, chalky soil yields 6,690 hl. of wine. few attract attention emergence of domaine viret has caused interest.

vineyards around côtes du rhône village of séguret.

rochegude - village allegedly established during reign of emperor domitian (51-96) , jefferson said have presented wines here washington himself! today, 178 ha. located @ 100 m. altitude produces 6,618 hl. of wine of little repute.

roaix - same can said roaix despite location between rasteau , cairanne. 89 ha. stoney , red clay , yield 3,550 hl. historically wine fetched high prices no 1 seems have developed historical , geographical potential.

cairanne - place has been inhabited more 4000 years. in 15th century ca. 40 ha. of vines planted - today number 765, yielding 30,600 hl. wine - of best in of côtes-du-rhône-village. of cairanne vineyards have been, provisionally, elevated aoc status in february 2016, , cairanne no longer denomination under côtes-du-rhône-village appellation.

séguret - mountain village located on eastern side of river oèveze. ancient regarding wine pliny elder mentions in natural history. 220 ha. of appellation has become interesting. terroir interesting - chalk @ altitude (near dentelles de montmirail), resulting in fine wines independent producers.

sablét - 180 ha. near gigondas , séguret, sand (from village derives name). village produces ca. 7,200 hl. of cooperative produces det bulk.

countryside around côtes du rhône village of laudun.

saint-gervais - covers 103 ha. , became named village in 1974. placed west of rhône-river department gard, climate cooled slightly. river-facing vineyards exposed both heat , extreme winds. local cooperative handles of 4315 hl. village produces. 1789 marquis de guasc made own wine in region, role model independent producers.

chusclan - wine in chusclan has been produced both roman legionaries , benedectine monks , served @ royal tables. kind of history, 1 expect high level of quality 150 ha. little found.

laudun - chusclan, laudun has history on side, being centered around ancient vineyards, established around 300-200 bc, , in 1375 wines here sent pope in avignon. later, in 1561, wine exported rome , when louis xiii visited tasted white wine of laudun. while white wine famous s hardly produced @ today. covering 350 ha. wines delightful if lagging behind historical pedigree.

massif d uchaux, plan de dieu, puyméras, , signargues - have been included in 2011 edition of regulation.

gadagne - has been added in 2012, while sainte-cécile, suze-la-rousse , vaison-la-romaine have been included in 2016.