List of appellations in Languedoc-Roussillon
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Eastern Languedoc
- Clairette de Bellegarde
- Clairette de Languedoc
- Coteaux du Languedoc – Red wine, White wine, RoséRoséA rosé is a type of wine that has some of the color typical of a red wine, but only enough to turn it pink. The pink color can range from a pale orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grapes and wine making techniques.- Production techniques :There are three major ways to produce rosé...
- Coteaux du Languedoc Pic Saint Loup
- Costières de NîmesCostières de Nîmes AOCCostières de Nîmes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines that are produced in an area between the ancient city of Nîmes and the western Rhône delta, in the French department of the Gard...
– Red wine. According to some sources, this appellation is now considered a part of Rhône rather than Languedoc. - FaugèresFaugères AOCFaugères is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in France and is named after Faugères. It is also known as Coteaux-du-Languedoc Faugères and lies 20 km northwest of Béziers, on the hills of Hérault...
– Red wine - Muscat de Frontignan – White wine, Fortified wineFortified wineFortified wine is wine to which a distilled beverage has been added. Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it...
- Muscat de Lunel
- Muscat de Mireval
- Saint-ChinianSaint-Chinian AOCSaint-Chinian is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in France and is named after Saint-Chinian.-Prehistoric and antiquity:...
– Red, White and RoséRoséA rosé is a type of wine that has some of the color typical of a red wine, but only enough to turn it pink. The pink color can range from a pale orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grapes and wine making techniques.- Production techniques :There are three major ways to produce rosé...
wines - Roquebrun – Red wines
- Berlou – Red wines
Western Languedoc
- CabardèsCabardès AOCCabardès is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for red and rosé wine in Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in France. Cabardès was named after the Lords of Cabaret who defended the Châteaux de Lastours against Simon de Montfort in 1209...
– Red wine, Rosé wine - Côtes de Malepère – Red wine
- CorbièresCorbières AOCCorbières is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for wine in the Languedoc-Roussillon, and it is this region's largest AOC, responsible for 46 per cent of the region's AOC wine production in 2005. Red wine dominates the production in Corbières with almost 95 per cent, with 3.5 per cent rosé wine...
– Red wine - Coteaux du Languedoc
- Fitou – Red wine
- Limoux AOC – White wine, Sparkling wineSparkling wineSparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. The carbon dioxide may result from natural fermentation, either in a bottle, as with the méthode champenoise, in a large tank designed to withstand the pressures involved , or as a result of carbon dioxide...
- La Clape
- Minervois – Red wine
- Minervois La Liviniere – Red wine
- Muscat de St-Jean Minervois – White wine, Fortified wineFortified wineFortified wine is wine to which a distilled beverage has been added. Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it...
- RivesaltesRivesaltes AOCRivesaltes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for naturally sweet, fortified wines made in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of France. They are similar to Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC wines, except the grape varieties are not restricted to Muscat...
Roussillon
- Banyuls Grand Cru – Red wine, Fortified wineFortified wineFortified wine is wine to which a distilled beverage has been added. Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it...
- BanyulsBanyuls AOCBanyuls is a French appellation d'origine contrôlée for a fortified apéritif or dessert wine made from old vines cultivated in terraces on the slopes of the Catalan Pyrenees in the Roussillon county of France, bordering, to the south, the Empordà wine region in Catalonia in Spain.The AOC...
– Red wine, Fortified wineFortified wineFortified wine is wine to which a distilled beverage has been added. Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it... - CollioureCollioure AOCCollioure is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for French wines situated around the town of Collioure in the Roussillon wine region of France. Red, rosé and a few white wines are produced-the reds from Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Carignan and Cinsaut grapes; the white are made from a blend...
– Red wine - Côtes du RoussillonCôtes du Roussillon AOCCôtes du Roussillon is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France. It is the least selective AOC in the Roussillon region. In 2002, 21,048,500 litres of Côtes du Roussillon were produced, 68% red, 28% rosé and 4% white. Grenache is the dominant variety...
- Côtes du Roussillon-Villages – Red wine
- MauryMaury AOCMaury is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France. Almost all wines are red, made from at least 75% Grenache Noir grapes. Other permitted grapes are Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, and Macabeu, Malvoisie and Muscat. Maury is well-known for its sweet,...
– White wine, Red wine - RivesaltesRivesaltes AOCRivesaltes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for naturally sweet, fortified wines made in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of France. They are similar to Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC wines, except the grape varieties are not restricted to Muscat...
– White wine, Red wine - Muscat de RivesaltesMuscat de Rivesaltes AOCMuscat de Rivesaltes is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée for fortified wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France. They are similar to Rivesaltes AOC wines, except for the grape varieties used...
– White wine, Fortified wineFortified wineFortified wine is wine to which a distilled beverage has been added. Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it...
Vins de Pays
- Catalan
- Coteaux de Fenouillèdes
- Vals d'Agly
- Côtes Catalanes
- La Côte Vermeille
- La Haude Vallée de l'Aude
- HauteriveHauteriveHauterive may refer to:*In Switzerland:**Hauterive, Neuchâtel**Hauterive, Fribourg*In France:**Hauterive, Allier**Hauterive, Orne**Hauterive, Yonne*In Canada:**Hauterive, Quebec, now part of Baie-Comeau-See also:...
- Pays du Torgan
- La Vallée du Paradis
- Coteaux du Littoral Audois
- Coteaux de la Cabrerisse
- Val de DagneVal de DagneThe Val de Dagne is a valley to the south east of Carcassonne in the department of Aude in South West France. It forms a fiscal area of the Carcassonne arrondissment in Aude.-Geography:...
- Côtes de Prouille
- La Cite de CarcassonneCité de CarcassonneThe Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval fortified architectural group located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the department of Aude, in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. It is located on the right bank of the Aude, on the hill, in the south-east part of the actual city. It was the historic...
- Coyeaux de Miramount
- Coteaux de Narbonne
- Côtes de Pérignan
- Coteaux d'Enserune
- Val de Cesse
- Côtes du Brian
- Coteaux de Peyriac
- Hauts-de-Badens
- Côtes de Lastours
- Monts de la Grage
- Coteaux de Fontcaude
- L'Ardailbou
- Coteau du Libron
- Coteaux de Murviel
- Cessnon
- La Haute Vallée de l'Orb
- Coteaux de Laurens
- Côtes de Thongue
- BessanBessanBessan is a commune in the Hérault department in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France.-Geography:Built in the midst of vineyards in the heart of the department in the Monts Ramus, and on the banks of the Hérault river, Bessan is a mainly agricultural village, known for its wine...
- Côtes de Thau
- PézenasPézenasPézenas is a commune in the Hérault département in Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France. At the 1999 census, its population was 7443.-Name:...
- CauxCaux- Places :* Caux, Hérault, southern France* Caux, Switzerland* Pays de Caux, Normandy* Caux or Kaw, French Guiana* Caux castle near Westbury, Shropshire in Shropshire- People :* Marcel Caux , Australian World War I veteran...
- Cassan
- Coteaux du Salagou
- Côtes du Céressou
- CauxCaux- Places :* Caux, Hérault, southern France* Caux, Switzerland* Pays de Caux, Normandy* Caux or Kaw, French Guiana* Caux castle near Westbury, Shropshire in Shropshire- People :* Marcel Caux , Australian World War I veteran...
- Coteaux de Béssilles
- Collines de la Moure
- La Vicomté d'Aumelas
- Mont-Baudile
- Gorges de l'Hérault
- Val de Montferrand
- Bérange
- Sables du Golfe du Lion
- Coteaux Flaviens
- La Vistrenque
- La Bénovie
- Côtes du Vidourle
- CévennesCévennesThe Cévennes are a range of mountains in south-central France, covering parts of the départements of Gard, Lozère, Ardèche, and Haute-Loire.The word Cévennes comes from the Gaulish Cebenna, which was Latinized by Julius Caesar to Cevenna...
- La Vaunage
- Coteaux du Pont du Gard
- Petite Crau
- Coteaux de Cèze
- Principauté d'Orange
- Duché d'Uzès
See also
- Languedoc wineLanguedoc wineLanguedoc - Roussillon wine, including the vin de pays labeled Vin de Pays d'Oc, is produced in southern France. While "Languedoc" can refer to a specific historic region of France and Northern Catalonia, usage since the 20th century has primarily referred to the northern part of the...
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- Polyphenols in wine
- VarietalVarietal"Varietal" describes wines made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label. Examples of grape varieties commonly used in varietal wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot...
- Wine accessoryWine accessoryA Wine accessory is generally any equipment that may be used in the storing or serving of wine. Wine accessories include many items such as wine glasses, corkscrews, and wine racks.-Wine glasses:...
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