Appellation
Gigondas
Identity card
VillageAOPRedRoséWhite
Rhône Valley › Southern Rhône · Recognised on 6 January 1971
- Village
- Regional
Key points
- A single commune; almost all red, with little rosé or white.
- Reds and rosés: at most 36 hl/ha and at least 12.5% natural alcohol.
- Sorting is compulsory; reds released from 31 January after harvest.
Grape varieties
RedRosé
Accessory varieties: Bourboulenc, Vaccarèse (grape entry not yet written), Carignan, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise (grape entry not yet written), Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Marsanne, Muscardin (grape entry not yet written), Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir (grape entry not yet written), Roussanne, Terret Noir, Ugni Blanc, Viognier
Grenache Noir · at least 50% of the holding's vines
Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsaut · at least 15% of the holding's vines
Grenache Noir, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsaut · at least 90% of the holding's vines
Grenache also makes up at least 50% of the blend
White
Accessory varieties: Viognier, Ugni Blanc (5% at most of the holding's vines)
Clairette · at least 70% of the holding's vines
Clairette also makes up at least 70% of the blend
Terroir
- Lie of the land: Slopes at 160 to 400 m, below the Dentelles de Montmirail
- Soils: Sandy molasse up high, stony old alluvium lower down
- Aspect: Facing west and north-west; swept by the mistral
Wine style
- Red
- Forest floor
- Truffle
- ripe red and black fruit
- firmly built
- built to age
- Rosé
- Almond
- cooked small berries
- full
- White
- pale, green-tinged colour
- freshness
- minerality
Boundaries: INAO, AOC vineyard plot delimitation (September 2026 edition) · Open Licence
Specification
10 December 2024
Arrêté du 10 décembre 2024 homologuant le cahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Gigondas » (JORF n°0293 du 12 décembre 2024, texte n°39 ; BO-Agri du 19 décembre 2024). Appellation initialement reconnue par le décret du 6 janvier 1971.
Labelling terms
- The name of a registered lieu-dit may appear on the label
Nearby appellations
Sources
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Gigondas » (BO-Agri du 19 décembre 2024)— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) / Ministère de l'agriculture
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Gigondas » (rouge)— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)
A southern Rhône cru confined to the single commune of Gigondas, in the Vaucluse, at the foot of the limestone Dentelles de Montmirail. Its vines climb from 160 to 400 metres, on slopes and on old terraces of the Ouvèze. Recognised in 1971, the appellation is overwhelmingly red: a majority of Grenache blended with Syrah, Mourvèdre or Cinsaut; it also makes small amounts of rosé and of whites led by Clairette.
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