AOP Cotes
du Rhone
AOP Cotes du Rhone Village
1737: The king of France ordered that casks of
wine shipped from the nearby river port of Roquemaure should be branded
with the letters CDR to introduce a system of protecting its origin.
1937: AOC Cotes du Rhone
was created by the initiative of Baron le Roy de Boiseamaure, who was
also motoring the creation of two of the first appellations in France,
Chateauneuf du Pape and Tavel, in 1936.
In 2011 Cotes du Rhone can be made from vineyards in 171
communes.
1966: AOC Cotes du Rhone Village was created.
In 2011 Cotes du Rhone Village can be made from selected vineyards in 95
communes
In 2011 producers in 17 areas can add a name of a commune or an area to
the Cotes du Rhone Village appellation name, f.i. Cotes du Rhone
Village Plan de Dieu or Cotes du Rhone Village Sablet.
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Production 2010 |
Hectar |
Hl. |
| Cotes du Rhone Village
+ name |
5 484 |
183 096 |
| Cotes du Rhone Village |
4 187 |
139 161 |
| Cotes du Rhone |
35 036 |
1 398 663 |
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Types of wine 2010
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Red |
Rosé |
White |
| Cotes du Rhone Village + name |
95% |
2% |
3% |
| Cotes du Rhone Village |
99% |
0% |
1% |
| Cotes du Rhone |
98% |
8% |
3% |
Allowed grape varieties for Cotes du Rhone
and Cotes du
Rhone Village
White varieties
Primary grapes (cépages principaux): Bourboulenc, Clairette,
Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier.
Other varieties (cépages accessoires): Piquepoul Blanc and Ugni Blanc
Grapes for red and rosé
Primary variety (cépages principal): Grenache.
Secondary varieties (cépages complémentaires): Syrah and Mourvedre.
Other varieties (cépages accessoires): Bourboulenc, Vaccarèse,
Carignan, Cinsault, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc,
Marsanne, Marcelan (allowed only for Cotes du Rhone), Muscardin, Piquepoul
Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Ugni Blanc and Viognier.
Rules for shares of grape varieties in the
vineyards of a property
White wine
Primary varieties 80% minimum
Red and rosé (Cotes du Rhone)
Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre together 70%
minimum.
Grenache 40% minimum (not valid for Cotes du Rhone north of Montelimar)
Marcelan 10% maximum.
White varieties for red wines 5% maximum and for rosé 20% maximum
Red and rosé (Cotes du Rhone Village)
Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre together
80% minimum.
Grenache 50% minimum.
Syrah and Mourvedre together 20% minimum. Max.
yield
Cotes du Rhone: 51 hl/ha.
Cotes du Rhone Village: 44 hl/ha.
Cotes du Rhone Village + name: 41 hl/ha.
Min. alcohol percent
Cotes du Rhone: 11%
Cotes du Rhone Village: 12%
Cotes du Rhone Village + name: 12,5% for red wine, 12% for blanc and rosé.
(Cotes du Rhone from areas north of Montelimar: 12% for reds) |
Monument to honour Baron le Roy
who promoted the creation of AOC Cotes du Rhone - situated in Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes.
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CRU-appellations |
Brown signs: Cotes
du Rhone Village + names
The signs are links to lists of producers |
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Syndicat
des Vignerons des Côtes du Rhône is a body with
the aim to inform the producers about news concerning the rules
of the appellations, local wine competitions and actuel
statistic information.
Inter
Rhône is a joined, inter, organ for
Cotes du Rhone appellations and other appellations in Vallée
du Rhone (Ventoux, Luberon, Costières du Nimes, Cotes du
Vivarais and Grignan-les-Adhémar).
The aim of the organisation is to promote the wines from the
area and to inform tourists
Every year a publication Ciffres Clès with statistic
information is published.
Ciffres
Clès 2010 |
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Philippe
Pellaton
President of
Syndicat des Vigneron.
copræsident of the cooperative
in Laudun & Chusclan
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Christian Paly
President of Inter-Rhone.
President of Cave de Tavel
President of Comité National des AOC vins
de l’INAO |
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