Tavel AOC

Tavel is a wine region around the town of Tavel on the lower reaches of the Rhone between Nîmes and Châteauneuf -du -Pape. Since 1936, it has the classification of an Appellation d' Origine. With 2,700 hours of sunshine it is one of the most favored wine regions of France. With its 933 ha on an area of ​​1.5 km × 5.5 km, it is comparatively small. In addition, AOC Tavel is the only region of the Côtes du Rhône, in the only varieties of rose wine are grown. This is one of the best and most expensive Rosés of France. The yield is limited depending on the year to 35-50 hl / ha.

Location

Tavel is mainly west of the main town in the continuously rising to over 250 meters Valley Vallet de Malaven grown. The creek flows Malaven in west-east direction. The adjacent faces of neighboring communities Commune de Tavel in the north and Commune de Rochefort in the south are wooded. The easternmost part of the main town is crossed by several roads and makes less than half of the acreage of. From west to east, the districts Campey, La Vaute, Torette, Romagnac, Le Vau El Clos, Roc Crispin et Malaven, La Vousière, Vaucroze, Vacquières, Cabanelle, Moulin, Vestides, Cameyre, Varcenies, Plaine de Vallongue, La Genestière extend et Foucadure, Tavelat les Oliviers, Bouvelles, Olivet, Blaise d' arbres, Bouvelles, Montézargues, Manissy, Roquautes, Palus, Garauyas, les Pres and Grand jonc.

History

Viticulture here has a thousand year old tradition, prehistoric grape presses and archaeologically detectable residues of wine testify. From the 12th century the abbey of Saint -André de Villeneuve- lès -Avignon had viticulture operated and promoted quality.

Since 1731 a town in the Côtes du Rhône. From this time the faßweise shipment through the port in Roquemaure is detectable. 1902 Producers Association is founded until 1927, with 40 producers almost all producers connected. On the initiative of its President, Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié (1890-1967), owner of Château Fortia in Châteauneuf -du- Pape, the producers put her court- growing area determined as Boiseaumarié this 1923 already carried out in Châteauneuf -du -Pape had the first wine region of France, which had applied for the AOC. For the Tavel a court order on January 28, 1928, precipitated and fixed law of 17 May 1936. In the years 1968, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1996, it was adapted to the needs.

Terroir

While the western half of the cultivated area corresponds to a typical, flat basin, half of which is east of the village of Tavel orographic strongly divided: The Valley of Malaven narrows behind the place like a bottleneck and is crossed at this narrowest point of the Autoroute A9. The highway runs on a deposit that has so formed at the end of the Mesozoic in the Cretaceous period. It consists predominantly of limestone with Meeressedimentierungen including fossils. Viticulture is predominantly terraced here.

Corresponding differences in the types of soil: In the eastern region there are alluvial soils, derived originally from the Rhone, were erdzeitlich but increased by up to 40-50 meters. Mostly sandy soil conditions are located in the northeast near the village of Roquemaure, it meets the Terroirtypizität but lower yields per hectare bring and were added as a result of the last areas Tavel success. On the south side is dominated by clay layers, which can generate solid returns as they face other surfaces during long Mistral winds do not dry out as quickly and produce very fruity wines. These soils with low earnings provide fresh wines. In the western half outweighs Loess marl mixture.

Specifications

At 933 ha with a vine density of 4,000 and a yield per hectare of 35-50 hl / ha produced 45,000 hectoliters per year. The approved grape varieties are Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Clairette Rose, Piquepoul Blanc, Calitor, Bourboulenc, Mourvèdre and Carignan. The minimum share in producing wine to be Grenache and Cinsault for 15% each, with all other varieties 10%, but not more than 60 %, so that there is no single varietal wines but only blends in Tavel. Permitted are also wines only with a maximum alcohol content of 13.5 vol - %.

About two- thirds of production is consumed in France; the main foreign markets are Belgium, Germany and the United States of America ( 22-16 %), Scandinavia and the UK (14% and 10%). Half is marketed in wholesale and retail containers on trade, nearly one-third leaves the basement of the producer by the consumer. The rest passes at trade shows or to dealers ( Négociants ) who otherwise the wine - for example, for wine or for the blends with other wine regions - recycle.