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Côtes du Rhône Villages
 

Inside the Côtes du Rhône generic appellation, the Côtes du Rhône Villages label applies to a limited number of villages based on their history, quality and specificity. The best of them can even add the name of the village after "Côtes du Rhône" (see below).

The Côtes du Rhône Villages wines are medium body, most of the time spicy, very diverse from one area to another: rich and able to age in Vinsobres, very fruity rosé in Chusclan, red and white sweet liquorous in Rasteau, spicy red in Cairanne, etc.

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Côtes du Rhône Villages wine information :

Name:

Appellation Côtes du Rhône Villages Controlée

Appellation Appellation Côtes du Rhône Villages "name of the village" Controlée
16 villages can include their name: 2/3 of the Côtes du Rhône Villages production

Location: Along the Rhône river, inside Côtes du Rhône AOC
Places: 75 villages
Cairanne, Rasteau, Vinsobres, Laudun, Baumes de Venise, Chusclan, etc
Soil: Clay
Clayey-limestone
Stones
Size: 4,500 ha (11,000 acres)
Production:

19 million bottles
small white and rosé production

Grapes in Rhône:

Grenache (50%)
Syrah
Mourvèdre

Type of wines: Medium body fruity red wines
Age: 2 to 6 years
Vintages:
(recommended)
2006, 2005, 2003
Aromas in Rhône:

Cranberry
Violets
Cinnamon

Food:

Roasted beef
Lamb chops
Rabbit

Cheese:

 

Bleu d'Auvergne
Camembert
Fourme d'Ambert

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More pages about Côtes du Rhône : Côtes du Rhône region

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

About Côtes du Rhône wine region :
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Alsace - Bordeaux - Bourgogne / Burgundy - Champagne - Corsica - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire Valley - Provence - South West of France

 

 
 

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