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Wines of Provence
Clairette
Varietals
The type of vines of the Wines of Provence are also multiple.
In certain names, it was not rare to find more than ten type of vines to the hectare. Rationalization of the cropping and books loads imposed by Associations reduce the variety today of type of vines used
For the Reds and the Rosé ones, the Vine growers of Provence have the choice for their assemblies with Type of vines which will give colours multiples and of savours of most discrete, elegant with most tannic and vigorous. Wines with drinking young person, wines which want to mature quietly in a fresh cellar :Varietals for the red & rosé wines
The Carignan
It is the oldest vine of the Mediterranean vineyard . In spite of his robust character and his productive qualities, this ancestor is less cultivated today .
The Tibouren
Here is still a vine typically of Provence . It is said that the Romans imported it from the vineyards of Chaldée to cultivate it on the edges of the Tiber and to impose it in Provincia Romana.
It makes llight Rosé, almost transparent, elegant, fruity and with a high degree of alcool.(from 13 to 15 degrees)
The Cinsault is a master among Rosé. It confers its freshness on this convivial wine, its lightness and its flowers and fruitsflavours. Without Cinsault, the Rosé would not exist. Most of the Wines of Provence on the Rosy market made followers in other vineyard areas of France and also abroad.
The Syrah
It can be find in the Provençal side of the Valley of the Rhone and on all the Mediterranean circumference .
It gives to the wine its perfumes of violet and fruits red. It also make it a noble wine.
The Grenache
Cultivated for centuries in, this vine became emblematic of the Wines of Provence. It brings to the Reds and Rosés wines their roundness and their bouquet.
It makes vigorous wines.
The Mourvedre
Within Bandol name, the professionals of the vine call it "King-Mourvèdre" .
Imported from Spain, it has been recogniezd by the Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the Languedoc for his qualities.
It's almost the only vine among the " Midi"'s that can last more than twenty years. Raised inside barrel of oak, it gives wine tastes of vanilla or exotic plants, of blackberries or red bays.
The Cabernet Sauvignon
Here is a type of vine with subtle savours and multiples world wide known. It is the King vine withing the Bordeau area. According to certain oenologists it allots the wines of Provence a homogeneity. Some think of a drift, a tendency to a standardized taste.
However, the current legislation authorizes up to 40% of Cabernet-Sauvignon in the Côtes de Provence.The Ugni-Blanc is one of oldest vine of Provence which is used for mix of White Wines.
It's colour is pale yellow.The Clairette
Excellent with a bouillabaisse in an assembly. It gives wine strengh. The vine growers , for its smoothness, created famous Clairette of Die, perhaps the oldest Cremant in France, with honey taste.
The Rolle
With his great aromatic richness. It can be find within the white wines of Bellet. The Italians and the Corsicans call itVermentino.
It brings to wines its perfumes of li
The Semillon
It gives to White wines of Provence their fatty and consistent texture. It is not used to make liqueur-like wines as in Sauternes. It has a good aptitude for ageing but its worst enemy is _humidity.
