The Rhone Valley vineyard crosses 6 departments (Rhone, Loire, Ardèche, Drôme, Vaucluse and Gard) representing a total of 1317 communes and more than 70,000 hectares of vines.
The region has a temperate continental climate in the north and a Mediterranean climate in the south.
Here are the local wine appellations of the Rhône Valley:
- Côte-rôtie
- Condrieu
- Château-grillet
- Saint-joseph
- Cornas
- Saint-péray
- Hermitage
- Crozes-Hermitage
The Rhone Valley vineyard has 12 white grape varieties: Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache blanc, Maccabeo, Marsanne, Muscat blanc, Picardan, Picpoul blanc, Roussanne, Ugni Blanc, Vermentino and Viognier.
As well as 15 red grape varieties: Calitor, Carignan, Cinsault, Clairette rose, Counoise, Grenache gris, Grenache noir, Marselan, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Muscat noir, Picpoul noir, Syrah, Terret noir, Vaccarèse.
The vineyards of the Rhône Valley are the second largest in France in terms of volume of production of AOC wines, just after Bordeaux.
Each year, 2.8 million hectolitres of wine are produced, with a large majority of red wines (80%), followed by rosé wines (14%) and white wines (6%).
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