Rhône
wines: 10
wines in the French Wine Guide
Côtes
du Rhône Wine Information
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
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wine regions: Alsace - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Champagne - Corsica - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West