AOP Cotes du Rhone Village Chusclan

1937: Cotes du Rhone
1947: Cotes du Rhone Chusclan
1971: Cotes du Rhone Village Chusclan

The wines of this appellation are made from vines grown in certain fields in the five communes: Chusclan, Orsan, Codolet, Bagnols-sur-Cèze or Saint-Etienne-des-Sorts.

There have been 4 cooperatives in the 5 communes. Since 2011 only two has survived thanks to a merger between them in 2008. Laudun Chusclan Vignerons. Each of the two cooperatives have own cellar and own caveau but there is only one president, one winemaker and one body of administration.
A devellopment seen in several areas where producers leave the cooperative and start their own domain has so far not taken place in the communes in AOP Cotes du Rhone Village Chusclan.
At this website only one private producer situated inside the 5 communes is presented,
Chateau Signac.

Rules for the appellation

Only red and rosé wines are included. 
There is no rules for the blend of a single wine (cuvée), but approved wines with the name can only be declared if the vineyards of a property contains
at least 50% Grenache
at least 20% Syrah or Mourvedre.
a maximum of 20% of other alloved grape varieties - red or white varieties.

Normally 95% of the production is red wine and 5% rosé.

Declared area and yield 2015-2019

Vintage 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Hectares 311 260 270 237 291
Hectolitre 11191 10543 9395 9297 10287
Source: Syndicat des Vignerons des Cotes du Rhone

The 5 communes of the appellation

Commune Area km2 Inhab.  2015 Altitude
Bagnols-sur-Cèze 31,37

18.203  

30-268 m
Chusclan 13,23 978 28-268 m
Codolet 5,17 701  27-50 m
Orsan 6.9 1090 29-230 m
Saint-Etienne-des-Sorts 9,85 527  26-219 m

 

 Vendanges de l'histoire, fête du terroir 


Dent de Signac in Bagnols-sur-Cèze


Grégory Brunel, President of 
Syndicate des Vignerons de Chusclan


Philippe Pellaton, President of Cave de Laudun Chusclan


 Lucy Auger, Maître de Chai at Cave de Laudun Chusclan since 2015


Jean-Marc Amez-Droz
Chateau Signac

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Gilles Chenieu
Domaine la Romance


Claire Cavel
Domaine Clavel


Compagnie du Cotes du Rhone Gardoise was founded in 1980 by wine growers in Laudun, Chusclan and Saint-Gervais. The president today is Géry Delbecque.
He is a
wine grower from Coulet, Sabran.


Chateau Gicon is situated at the highest point of Chusclan at an altitude of 268 m. The vestiges show that the celtics and the romans have lived here in the past.
In 1973 the site was bought by the cooperative of Chusclan, who reconstructed 13 ha of vineyards at the slopes. From Chusclan 6 km. From Bagnols-sur-Cèze 7 km

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Update 08-02-2020