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Product Portfolio : A Range of Four Appellations
Deeply rooted in the most typical Rhone Valley appellations,
Newcomer appellations enrich a range of wines with their own colours and specificities.
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Area: 2600 ha in 2002.
Production : 117 900 hl.
Basic yield: 52hl/ha.
Geographical location: 21 districts; in the North, St Paul les Trois Châteaux; in the South, Châteauneuf du Pape; and in the East, Suze la Rousse. On the left Bank of the Rhone River, between Montélimar and Bollène.
Grape variety:
Red: Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan and Mourvèdre
White: Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne.
Wine production: 90% red– 8% rosé – 2% white.
Created: 1973.
Trade Structure: 30 private owned cellars, 14 cooperative cellars, 3 unions.
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Area: 7500 ha in 2002.
Production : 318 700 hl.
Basic yield: 50hl/ha.
Geographical location: located on the foothills of the Mont Ventoux, the “giant of Provence" (1912 m), the Vineyard extends to the South West of the mountain. 51 districts are found in the appellation’s territory, all of which are in Vaucluse.
Grape variety:
Red: Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsaut, Mourvedre
White: Grenache blanc, Clairette, Roussanne, Bourboulenc, Ugni Blanc
Wine production: 87 % red– 10% rosé– 3% white.
Created: 1973.
Trade Structure: 109 private owned cellars, 15 cooperative cellars, 4 unions
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Area: 4640 ha in 2002.
Production : 240 000 hl.
Basic yield: 60hl/ha.
Geographical location: the vineyard stretches over more than 10 000 hectares, on the right bank of the Rhône River, and the hills of its Delta, where Languedoc and Provence meet.
Grape variety:
Red: Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Cinsaut.
White: Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussane, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Maccabeo, Rolle.
Wine production: 71% red– 25% rosé – 4% white.
Created: 1986.
Trade Structure: 88 privately owned cellars, 17 cooperative cellars.
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Area: 3995 ha in 2002.
Production : 185 700 hl.
Basic yield: 55hl/ha.
Geographical location: all 36 districts are located in Vaucluse, on the two hillsides of the Luberon, Mirabeau is the most eastward town.
Grape variety :
Red: Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, Carignan
White: Ugni Blanc, Clairette, Vermentino, Bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Marsanne
Wine production: 67 % red– 20% rosé – 13% white.
Created: 1988.
Trade Structure: 43 private owned cellars,15 cooperative cellars, 1 union.
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