Grape Varieties by Appellation – AOP Cairanne

Below are grape varieties that conform to AOP Cairanne classification. Varieties identified in black are red (also called “black”) grapes and those in green are white grapes. Other colors (e.g. rose and grey) are identified in the text.

The proportion by grape variety (specified below) refers to the percentage of the total area of the vineyard that must to be planted with a specific variety (referred to as encépagement). Some AOP/AOC regulations will also specify a proportion of the blend (referred to as assemblage) for a given color of wine in order to be classified as an AOP/AOC wine.

COLOR OF WINE	PRINCIPAL VARIETIES	SECONDARY VARIETIES	NOTES:
AOP « Cairanne »
Red	Grenache,	Complementary Varieties: Mourvèdre, Syrah Accessory Varieties: Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté (locally called Camarèse or Vaccarèse), Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Marsanne, Muscardin, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Viognier	The proportion of Grenache must be greater than or equal to 50% of the total of all varieties. The proportion of Mourvèdre, and Syrah must be greater than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties. The proportion of the combination of principal and complementary varieties must be greater than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties. The proportion of white grape varieties must be less than or equal to 5% of the total of all varieties.
White	Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne,	Accessory Varieties: Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Piquepoul Blanc, Viognier	The proportion of Clairette must be greater than or equal to 30% of the total of all varieties. The proportion of Grenache Blanc must be greater than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties. The proportion of Rousanne must be less than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties The proportion of each of the accessory varieties must be less than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties.

COLOR OF WINE

PRINCIPAL VARIETIES

SECONDARY VARIETIES

NOTES:

AOP « Cairanne »

Red

Grenache,

Complementary Varieties: Mourvèdre, Syrah

Accessory Varieties: Bourboulenc, Brun Argenté (locally called Camarèse or Vaccarèse), Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Clairette Rose, Counoise, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Marsanne, Muscardin, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Viognier

The proportion of Grenache must be greater than or equal to 50% of the total of all varieties.

The proportion of Mourvèdre, and Syrah must be greater than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties.

The proportion of the combination of principal and complementary varieties must be greater than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties.

The proportion of white grape varieties must be less than or equal to 5% of the total of all varieties.

White

Clairette, Grenache Blanc,
Roussanne,

Accessory Varieties: Bourboulenc, Marsanne, Piquepoul Blanc, Viognier

The proportion of Clairette must be greater than or equal to 30% of the total of all varieties.

The proportion of Grenache Blanc must be greater than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties.

The proportion of Rousanne must be less than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties

The proportion of each of the accessory varieties must be less than or equal to 20% of the total of all varieties.

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