Cairanne AOC is a
wine
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-growing
AOC
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in the southern
Rhône wine region
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
of
France
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, in the commune of
Cairanne
Cairanne (; oc, Cairana) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France whose inhabitants were locally nicknamed ''leis afrontaires de Cairana'', the cheeky ones from Cairanne.
It date ...
in the
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; oc, Vauclusa, label=Provençal or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019.[département
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''. Red and white wines are produced. Previously a part of
Côtes-du-Rhône Villages AOC
Côtes-du-Rhône Villages is a French wine ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) in the southern Rhône wine region of France. Red, white and rosé wine are all produced within the appellation. The quality is superior to the generic Côtes- ...
, the wines received their own AOC provisionally on 20 June 2016, and definitely on 25 June 2018.
History
In the 15th century approximately of vines were planted.
Cairanne was one five communes in the
Côtes-du-Rhône appellation that stood out sufficiently to be included in the initial considerations for creating a
Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages appellation. The name Côtes-du-Rhône Cairanne was used from 1953, and the designation Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages Cairanne followed in 1967, when the "Villages" AOC was finally created.
References
External links
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Rhône wine AOCs
Geography of Vaucluse