Cotes
du Rhone wine information
Rhône
wines: 10
wines in the French Wine Guide
Côtes
du Rhône is probably the most diverse wine
region in France.
From
the very different full-body red wines of Côte
Rôtie in the north and Châteauneuf
du Pape in the south to the exquisite white wine
of Condrieu and Château
Grillet and the fruity red wines of Crozes
Hermitage and of the southern Rhône region.
The most
basic information on the wine of Rhône are
:
| Location: |
In
the Rhône valley, south of Lyon to the
Mediterranean Sea
Rhône
region information |
| Size: |
On
6 French departments: Rhône, Loire, Ardèche,
Drôme, Gard and Vaucluse |
| Size
of the vineyards: |
70,000
hectares (170,000 acres) |
| Grapes
in Rhône: |
Red:
Grenache 55%
White: Clairette 35%
|
| Production: |
450
million bottles
14% of French wine production
Rhône wine
making |
| Type
of Wine: |
Full
body red wine (north)
Light to medium body fruity red wine (south)
Dry full body white wine (north) |
| Rhône
Wine and food: |
Full
body red wine: roasted red meat, game
Full body white wine: grilled fish
Other red wines: beef steak, grilled white meat,
etc
Rhône wine
and food |
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Wines
from Côtes du Rhône :
Côte
Rôtie - Condrieu - Château
Grillet - Hermitage - Crozes
Hermitage - Cornas - Côtes
du Rhône aoc - Côtes
du Rhône villages - Gigondas - Châteauneuf
du Pape - Côtes
du Ventoux - Wines
from Côtes du Rhône
Other
french wine regions :
Alsace - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Champagne - Corsica - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West
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