Wine region | |
Type | Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée |
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Year established | 1967 (2018) |
Country | France |
Part of | Rhône Valley |
Climate region | Mediterranean |
Size of planted vineyards | 760 hectares (1,900 acres) |
Grapes produced | Grenache noir, Syrah, Grenache blanc, and Clairette |
Wine produced | red, white |
Cairanne AOC (French pronunciation: [kɛʁan]) is a wine-growing AOC in the southern Rhône wine region of France, in the commune of Cairanne in the Vaucluse département. Red and white wines are produced. Previously a part of Côtes-du-Rhône Villages AOC, the wines received their own AOC provisionally on 20 June 2016, and definitely on 25 June 2018. [1]
In the 15th century approximately 40 hectares (99 acres) of vines were planted. [2] [3] Cairanne was one five communes in the Côtes-du-Rhône appellation that stood out sufficiently to be included in the initial considerations for creating a Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages appellation. The name Côtes-du-Rhône Cairanne was used from 1953, and the designation Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages Cairanne followed in 1967, when the "Villages" AOC was finally created.
Wine region | |
Type | Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée |
---|---|
Year established | 1967 (2018) |
Country | France |
Part of | Rhône Valley |
Climate region | Mediterranean |
Size of planted vineyards | 760 hectares (1,900 acres) |
Grapes produced | Grenache noir, Syrah, Grenache blanc, and Clairette |
Wine produced | red, white |
Cairanne AOC (French pronunciation: [kɛʁan]) is a wine-growing AOC in the southern Rhône wine region of France, in the commune of Cairanne in the Vaucluse département. Red and white wines are produced. Previously a part of Côtes-du-Rhône Villages AOC, the wines received their own AOC provisionally on 20 June 2016, and definitely on 25 June 2018. [1]
In the 15th century approximately 40 hectares (99 acres) of vines were planted. [2] [3] Cairanne was one five communes in the Côtes-du-Rhône appellation that stood out sufficiently to be included in the initial considerations for creating a Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages appellation. The name Côtes-du-Rhône Cairanne was used from 1953, and the designation Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages Cairanne followed in 1967, when the "Villages" AOC was finally created.