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The Rhone
Classifications
Unlike France's other great red-wine regions of Burgundy and Bordeaux, the Rhone has no system for rating its best vineyard sites. Cases could be made for certain sites to be Premiers Crus--for example, Les Bessards in Hermitage and La Landonne in Cote Rotie--but although wines from such vineyards are able to command a premium price, there is no official statute that confirms their superior status.
The Cotes du Rhone appellation covers the entire region, and growers in other appellations, such as Cornas or Gigondas, can downgrade their wines to Cotes du Rhone if they so wish. Sixteen villages are entitled to label their wines Cotes du Rhone-Villages, and if a wine comes from just one of these villages, the name can be appended to the appellation. Thus, you find wines labelled Cotes du Rhone-Villages Cairanne, Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau, and so on. Something of an oddity is Brezeme-Cotes du Rhone, which comes from a single vineyard at Livron-sur-Drome, close to where the Drome meets the Rhone. Brezeme is not one of the 16 villages but is allowed to put its name before the Cotes du Rhone appellation. In addition to Cotes du Rhone, there are numerous smaller, and in many cases more significant, appellations.
From "Encyclopedia of Wine"
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