Palette AOC

An AOC Palette wine from Château Simone.

Palette is a small French wine AOC in the Provence region of southern France, near Aix-en-Provence. The AOC was established in 1948.

The grapes for this AOC are grown in Aix-en-Provence, Meyreuil, and Le Tholonet. The hamlet of Palette, which gives its name to the AOC, is located on the territory of the commune of Le Tholonet.[1]

AOC rules

Grapes destined for red, white and rosé wines of Palette must be harvested to a yield no greater than 40 hl/ha and the finished wines must all attain a minimum alcohol level of at least 11%. The blend for the reds and rosé must be composed of a minimum 80% Grenache, Mourvedre and/or Cinsault with the remaining 20% permitted to be a blend from Syrah, Carignan Castet, Manosquin, Muscat noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.[2]

The whites of Palette are composed of at least 80% Clairette with Bourboulenc, Trebbiano, Grenache blanc and several white varieties Muscat permitted to round out the remaining 20%.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Quid entry for Le Tholonet
  2. 1 2 P. Saunders Wine Label Language pp. 91 Firefly Books 2004 ISBN 1-55297-720-X
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 25, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.