Châteauneuf-du-Pape
(Blend)

Wine Style:
Often big, rich, full-bodied with spicy and raspberries flavors with capability for 5 to 20 bottle aging.
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Origin:
Rhone Valley in France
Found:
California, Australia, and France
The vast majority of wines from the Southern Rhône are blends. There are 5 main black varieties, although others are used and the […]

Cinsaut / Cinsault

Wine Style:
This grape is usually blended in Châteauneuf du Pape to fruit flavors and tone down Carignan’s tannins. It’s known to be low in tannins, with a perfumed nose, medium-bodied with supple texture.
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Origin:
Southern France
Found:
France, and South Africa
This is a light-skinned grape variety for red wine that withstands drought very well. […]

Côtes du Rhône

Wine Style:
Wines of Côtes du Rhône are very diverse although 95% of the production is red. They can be tannic and robust, or fruity and light.
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Origin:
Cotes du Rhone in France
Found:
France only.
The appellation of Côtes du Rhône encompasses much of the land of the area, not to mention much […]

Grenache/Garnacha

Wine Style:
This is a sweet grape which is rich in alcohol, fruity, spicy, medium-bodied wine and often blended with other grapes.
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Origin:
France
Found:
Rhone in France, Spain, and Australia
This is a strong grape which withstands extreme heat and warm climate well. It has a thin skin, little pigment and ripens slowly with a high level […]

Roussanne

Wine Style:
Mainly serves as a blending partner. The wines are full of aroma, fruity, sometimes with some herbs and can age well.
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Origin:
Loire Valley and Southern Rhone in France
Found:
France and California
This classic grape varietal is famous for the white blends of Hermitage, St. Joseph and St. Péray. Currently this grape is losing ground to […]

Southern Rhone Blends

Wine Style:
Full-bodied reds which are rich warm and have spicy, raspberry flavors. Their whites are usually crisp with good fruit flavors and enjoyment.
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Whites:

Origin:
The appellation of Chateauneuf du Pape in Southern Rhone, France
Found:
Australia, Southern France, and United States
Red Rhone Blends: The vast majority of wines from […]

Viognier

Wine Style:
It makes a floral and spicy white wine, medium to full-bodied and very fruity, with apricot and peach aromas.
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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 […]