A.O.C./A.O.P.
set within the Côtes du Rhône area, this appellation embraces 95 towns and villages spread over the departments of Drôme, Vaucluse, Gard and Ardèche. This takes it either side of the Rhône, from the south of Montélimar to the south of Avignon. Soil types vary from granite in the north, alluvium on a limestone bedrock in the south, both of which often come together in the shape of gravely terraces. The climate is Mediterranean, hot and dry, with the characteristic Mistral wind and maximum sunshine. The term Côtes du Rhône Villages can feature as such on the label or it can be extended with the name of one of 17 villages – Cairanne, Chusclan, Laudun, Puymeras, Rasteau, Roaix, Rochegude, Rousset, Sablet, Saint-Maurice, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Pantaléon, Séguret, Signargues, Valréas, Vinsobres and Visan, as well as two site-specific areas: Plan de Dieu and Massif d’Uchaux.
Grape varieties: Vins rouges et rosés : grenache noir, syrah, mourvèdre, cinsault, carignan, terret noir, counoise, muscardin, vaccarèse, camarèse, calitor, picpoul noir
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AC Côtes du Rhône Villages produces sturdy, heady wines which do not go overboard on tannic astringency and have a silky finish. Principal aromas are fig, stone fruits and liquorice. They pair with cured mountain hams, wild boar stew, bull casserole and cheeses.
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