Tags: Wine Region.

Vacqueyras is a French wine Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the southern Rhône wine region of France along the banks of the River Ouvèze.It is primarily a red wine region with some white and rosé wines being produced. Being a little brother of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and arguably Gigondas the wine is moderately prestigious and can yield pleasing results when treated correctly.

Vaqueyras_vineyards_Provence_1993.jpg
area total (km2)
1.3e+07
growing grape
Cinsaut, Grenache, Bourboulenc, Clairette blanche, Syrah, Counoise, Muscardin, Mourvèdre
is part of wine region
Rhône wine
location
France
similar
Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Gigondas AOC, Lirac AOC
type
Appellation d'origine contrôlée
latitude
44.1389
longitude
4.98306

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Vacqueyras AOC"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.