Wine Châteauneuf-du-Pape
grapevine rounded pebbles feature of many of vineyards in commune
although viticulture must have existed in village before arrival of popes, nothing known it. introitus et exitus, financial record of apostolic camera, shows regular purchases of small quantities of wine village. @ time, wine difficult transport , difficult conserve drunk locally when less year old. wine production expanded in 18th century rapid development of wine trade. correspondence of tulle family owned vineyards of la nerthe estate, learn the 40 hectolitres of wine produced exported england, italy, germany , on france. in 1923, local wine producers led lawyer pierre le roy de boiseaumarié began campaign establish legal protection wine commune. delimited area , method of wine production awarded legal recognition in 1933. small changes initial regulations made in 1936 , 1966.
the wine classified châteauneuf-du-pape appellation d origine contrôlée (aoc) produced grapes grown in commune of châteauneuf-du-pape , portions of 4 adjoining communes in vaucluse. vineyards cover area of approximately 3,200 hectares. of total 1,659 hectares (52%) lie within commune of châteauneuf, 674 hectares (21.1%) within courthézon, 391 hectares (12.3%) within orange, 335 hectares (10.5%) within bédarrides , remaining 129 hectares (4%) in sorgues. unlike northern rhône neighbours, châteauneuf-du-pape aoc permits thirteen different varieties of grape in red wine blend must predominantly grenache. in 2010 there 320 producers. total annual production around 100,000 hectolitres (equivalent 13 million bottles of 0.75 litre) of 95% red. remainder white: production of rosé not permitted under aoc.
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