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Viognier Wine Style: It makes a floral and spicy white wine, medium to full-bodied and very fruity, with apricot and peach aromas. Flavors: Origin: Rhone in France Found: California, France, and Australia An expensive and underappreciated white grape variety originating in the Northern Rhone and which in the last ten years has been increasingly planted in the [...]
Southern Rhone Châteauneuf-du-Pape Click to view: Map of Chateaunuf du Pape. This is probably one of the most famous Rhone wine regions to the hearts of Asian wine lovers. In terms of size, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the largest and most important appellation in the southern Rhone. There are over 300 hectares of vineyards and over 80 growers [...]
Northern Rhone Hermitage (吉佳乐) Click to View: Map of Hermitage Hermitage is perhaps easiest to remember, pronounce and deemed as the most famous of all the northern Rhone appellations. The hill of Hermitage is situated above the town of Tain and overlooking the town of Tournon which is just across the river. Hermitage has 120 hectares and [...]
Northern Rhone Cornas (隆河) Click to View: Map of Northern Rhone Cornas is situated directly south of Saint-Joseph, and west of the river Rhône. It is 12 km south of Tournon and directly east of Valence. Importantly temperatures are hotter than Hermitage which is only 7km away. Its a small appellation located in a south-facing [...]
Northern Rhone Saint-Joseph (圣约瑟) Click to View: Map of Cote Rotie This area comprises of 950 hectares of cultivated vines and is located south of Chateau Grillet (which won’t be listed in our write-up due to scarcity) in the northern portion of France’s Rhone Valley since 1956. It encompasses six villages clustered around the village of Mauves. [...]
Northern Rhone Condrieu (孔德里约) Click to View: Map of Cote-Rotie This an Appellation located near the village of Condrieu, south of Cote Rotie in France’s northern Rhone region. Condrieu is to Viognier what the Cote de Nuits is to Pinot Noir. There are now plantings worldwide of Viognier but this pernickety grape’s spiritual homeland is still in Condrieu [...]
Northern Rhone Côte-Rôtie (露迪山麓) Click to View: Map of Cote-Rotie This is the most northerly and one of the oldest appellations in France’s Rhone region. Its name means “roasted slope” and it covers some 197 hectares of sunbaked vineyards, most of which are located on the steep hillside above the village of Ampuis near the town of [...]