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Rhône wines: 10 wines in the French Wine Guide   Côtes du Rhône Wine Making Very diverse wines take most advantage of the weather and winemaking conditions of the Rhône valley. The climate in Côtes du Rhône is hot and sunny, more constant than in the other French wine producing regions. The soil is stony, mainly made of granite. The main grapes in Côtes du Rhône are Grenache, Syrah and Carignan for red wine, Clairette, Ugni Blanc and Grenache Blanc for white wine. Côtes du Rhône is also famous for the Viognier white wine made in the northern part of the region (Condrieu, Château Grillet) which is one of the most distinctive in France. Over 75% of Côtes du Rhône wines are red. They are generally thick, robust and their alcoholic content higher than that of most French wines. Read more about Côtes du Rhône wines with Amazon.com: - Rhone Valley: The 90 Greatest Wines Côtes du Rhône wine making information: Size of the vineyards: 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres) Vineyards: 8 to 10,000 winemakers Soil: Granite in the north of the Rhône region Limestone in the south Weather: Continental in the north of the Rhône region (cold winter warm summer) Mediterranean in the south (mild winter hot summer) Red Grapes in Rhône: Grenache 55% Syrah 15% Carignan 15% Mourvèdre White Grapes in Rhône: Clairette 35% Grenache blanc 20% Ugni blanc 20% Bourboulenc Marsanne Roussanne Viognier Production: 450 million bottles 77% red wine - 8 % rosé - 5 % dry white wine 14% of French wine production Type of Wine: Full body red wine (north) Light to medium body fruity red wine (south) Dry full body white wine (north)   Next: Wines of Rhône - Côtes du Rhône wine information - Côtes du Rhône region information - Rhône wine history - Rhône wine making - Côtes du Rhône map - Rhône wine and food - Buy Rhône wines - Rhône main page 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 wine regions: Alsace - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Champagne - Corsica - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire Valley - Provence - South West   Rhône Books at Amazon.com Recommended book Wines of the Rhone Valley by Robert Parker Signpost Guide Burgundy & Rhone Valley * Riedel Rhône set of 4 glasses SAVE 30% * Hachette Wine Guide Rhone Valley: The 90 Greatest Wines Recommended by Bookstore France New France, a complete guide to french wine by Andrew Jefford Learn more Hardcover, 256 pages Click here!   recommend this page (to yourself or to a friend!) | french wine regions | grape varieties | wine making | classification in France | tasting the wine | wine and food | wine and health | legendary wines | french wine news | wine shop | french wine guide   French Wine Guide is maintained by Webmaster-Now, help and tips for webmaster