Cotes
du Rhone wine making
Rhône
wines: 10
wines in the French Wine Guide
Very diverse
wines take most advantage of the weather and winemaking
conditions of the Rhône valley.
The climate
in Côtes du Rhône is hot and sunny, more constant
than in the other French wine producing regions.
The
soil is stony, mainly made of granite.
The main grapes
in Côtes du Rhône are Grenache, Syrah and
Carignan for red wine, Clairette, Ugni Blanc and Grenache
Blanc for white wine. Côtes du Rhône is
also famous for the Viognier white wine made in the
northern part of the region (Condrieu, Château
Grillet) which is one of the most distinctive in
France.
Over
75% of Côtes du Rhône wines are red. They
are generally thick, robust and their alcoholic content
higher than that of most French wines.
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Côtes
du Rhône wine making information :
| Size
of the vineyards: |
70,000
hectares (170,000 acres) |
| Vineyards: |
8
to 10,000 winemakers |
| Soil: |
Granite
in the north of the Rhône region
Limestone in the south |
| Weather: |
Continental
in the north of the Rhône region (cold
winter warm summer)
Mediterranean in the south (mild winter
hot summer) |
Red
Grapes
in Rhône: |
Grenache
55%
Syrah 15%
Carignan 15%
Mourvèdre
|
White
Grapes
in Rhône: |
Clairette
35%
Grenache blanc 20%
Ugni blanc 20%
Bourboulenc
Marsanne
Roussanne
Viognier |
| Production: |
450
million bottles
77% red wine - 8
% rosé - 5 % dry white wine
14% of French wine production |
| Type
of Wine: |
Full
body red wine (north)
Light to medium body fruity red wine (south)
Dry full body white wine (north)
|
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Wines
from Côtes du Rhône :
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Other
french wine regions :
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Valley - Provence - South
West
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