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Châteauneuf-du-Pape (French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf dy pap] ⓘ) is a French wine, an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) located around the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the Rhône wine region in southeastern France.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape (French pronunciation: [ʃɑtonœf dy pap] ⓘ; Provençal: Castèu-Nòu-de-Papa) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
The special Vieilles Vignes cuvée of Beaucastel's white Châteauneuf du Pape is a varietal Roussanne wine, which is rare in Rhône and rarer in Châteauneuf du Pape. Château de Beaucastel holds a total of 130 hectares (320 acres) of land, of which 100 hectares (250 acres) is planted with vineyards, three-quarters of which is within the ...
Galets roulés at Châtauneuf-du-Pape. Galets roulés [1] are components of the terrain, or terroir, and a distinguishing feature of many of the vineyards in the Côtes du Rhône AOC and more specifically Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC and other top wine-producing areas in the regions such as Gigondas AOC and Vacqueyras AOC.
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe is located within the Vaucluse department (red on map) in southeastern France A Chappe semaphore tower near Saverne, France, illustrates what the Vieux Télégraphe may have looked like. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe is a winery in the southern Rhône wine region, from the appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The ...
The estate did not have electricity until the late 1980s. [2] Several viticulture practices at Château Rayas differ from other producers in Châteauneuf. Only Grenache grapes are grown; wine yields at around 15hl/h are very low; the wines are matured in the uncommon 450 litre double-piéce oak casks. [3]
Counoise is one of the grapes allowed into the blend of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine. In 2004 only 0.5% of the appellation 's area was planted with Counoise. [ 3 ] Some producers who favour the variety use about 5% of it in their blends, and those account for most of the plantings.
It is a major component in the white wines of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône AOCs. Up to 10% Grenache blanc is permitted to be included in the red wines of the Côtes du Rhône Villages AOC. In the Rivesaltes AOC, the grape is used as a blending component in some of the regions vin doux naturel wines. [2]