The southern Rhône's most famous red wine is ChâteauneufduPape, a blend containing up to 19 varieties of wine grapes (ten red and nine white) as permitted by the ChâteauneufduPape AOC rules Other nearby AOC regions including Côtes du Vivarais AOC , GrignanLes Adhemar AOC , Lirac AOC , Tavel AOC , Vacqueyras AOC , and Ventoux AOC may contain even more varieties in5/8/17 Domaine de Saje 1600 is one of the more interesting as well as unusual blends in Chateauneuf du Pape today as it is made from 42% Counoise, % Grenache and various other white and red grape varieties allowed in the appellation The vines are planted in rock, clay and sand terroir The Grenache is partially destemmed28/2/18 Almost every wine book in print speaks of the 13 grape varieties of ChâteauneufduPape, but this count is not exactly accurate If you factor in all of the color variants of those 13 grapes, you end up with 22 authorized grapes for this appellation!
Chateauneuf Du Pape Wine Region
