Wine region | |
Type | Appelation d'origine contrôlée |
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Year established | VDQS 1959; AOC 1998 |
Years of wine industry | over 2,000 |
Country | France |
Part of | Provence |
Climate region | Mediterranean with cool alpine winds |
Soil conditions | calcerous marl, Mio-pliocene sands and pebblesr |
Size of planted vineyards | 338 |
No. of vineyards | 32 |
Grapes produced | Grenache noir, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache blanc, Vermentino, Ugni blanc, Clairette, Rousanne |
No. of wineries | 9 |
Wine produced | red, white, rosé |
Comments | 2007 |
Coteaux de Pierrevert (French pronunciation: [kɔto də 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]