Coteaux de Pierrevert AOC

Coteaux de Pierrevert (wine region)
Wine region
TypeAppelation d'origine contrôlée
Year establishedVDQS 1959; AOC 1998
Years of wine industryover 2,000
CountryFrance
Part ofProvence
Climate regionMediterranean with cool alpine winds
Soil conditionscalcerous marl, Mio-pliocene sands and pebblesr
Size of planted vineyards338
No. of vineyards32
Grapes producedGrenache noir, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache blanc, Vermentino, Ugni blanc, Clairette, Rousanne
No. of wineries9
Wine producedred, white, rosé
Comments2007

Coteaux de Pierrevert (French pronunciation: [kɔto pjɛʁvɛʁ]) is a wine-growing AOC in the western part of the Provence wine region of France, where the wines are produced in 11 communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département. It is partly located in the valley of the Durance river in the region of Manosque which is the northern part of Provence, it is considered by the INAO however, to be an eastern extremity of the southern Rhône Valley. [1] [2]

  1. ^ "Coteaux de Pierrevert AOC". wein.plus. Erlangen, Germany: Wein-Plus GmbH. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Coteaux de Pierrevert". VIVINO. Vivino.com. Retrieved 28 March 2021.