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Read →Iconic and outstanding houses in Côtes-du-Rhône.
Grenache-led reds here blur the line between juicy and serious, their pepper and garrigue tempered by soft tannins and a kind of wine-bar generosity that makes them dangerous to cellar.
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Region DNA
The character of Côtes-du-Rhône
Based on 2,646 wines with structural data
Style profile
Broad range with a recognisable character
FEM score distribution
Based on 497 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Côtes-du-Rhône
Cave de Cairanne
VisitCôtes-du-Rhône wineries worth the stop
The 12 best critic-rated producers in Côtes-du-Rhône with a cellar-door address, ranked by their highest critic score. Check opening hours and book tastings ahead.
- 01Delas
40 Av. Jules Nadi, 26600 Tain-l'Hermitage
Critics' peak 96 · Decanter · Falstaff · Wine Advocate
- 02Domaine de Cristia
48 Faubourg Saint Georges, 84350, Courthezon, France
Critics' peak 95 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator
- 03Domaine de la Janasse
29 Chem. du Moulin, 84350 Courthézon
Critics' peak 94 · Decanter · Falstaff · Wine Advocate
- 04Vignoble de Boisseyt
178 RD 1086 Les Prairies, 42410, Chavany, France
Critics' peak 93 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator
- 05Chateau de Fonsalette
Lagarde-Paréol, 84290, France (near Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes), France
Critics' peak 93 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Enthusiast
- 06Domaine La Florane
199 Chemin des Bourdeaux, 84820, Visan, France
Critics' peak 93 · Decanter · Falstaff · Wine Advocate
- 07Vignobles & Compagnie
3 bis, rue de la Republique, 84230, Chateauneuf Du Pape, France ; Phone: +33 (0) 6 09 13 67 73 ; Web: http://www.vtfrance., Missing: Côtes- Rhône Coordinates, Vignobles et compagnie, https://www.vignoblescompagnie.com, Commitment & sharing for Sustainable viticulture, As specialists in the vineyards of the Southern Rhône Valley, we take pride in our commitment to prestigious “crus” such as Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, ..., Missing: Coordinates | Show results with: Coordinates, Longitude Maps, France
Critics' peak 92 · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator · Wine Enthusiast
- 08Domaine Richaud
470, Route de Rasteau, 84290, Cairanne, France
Critics' peak 92 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator
- 09Domaine Charité
Route de Rochefort, 30650, Saze, France
Critics' peak 92 · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator · Wine Enthusiast
- 10Domaine La Ligiere
Beaumes de Venise, France ... Wine Label of La Ligiere Cotes du Rhone Sud Absolu, Rhone, France. La Ligiere ..., Vivino, https://www.vivino.com, Domaine La Ligiere Les Costebelles Côtes du Rhône, A Red wine from Côtes-du-Rhône, Southern Rhône, Rhone Valley, France. Made from Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, France
Critics' peak 92 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator
- 11Le Domaine de la Presidente
Route De Cairanne, 84290, Sainte Cecile Les Vignes, France
Critics' peak 92 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Vinous
- 12Mourchon
La Grande Montagne, 84110, Séguret, France
Critics' peak 92 · Decanter · Wine Advocate · Wine Spectator
Côtes-du-Rhône is a wine region in France, home to 768 producers tracked on Femente, 31 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre, producing Southern Rhône Red and Southern Rhône White wines with notes of Black fruit, Red fruit, and Tree fruit. It takes in Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages.
Côtes-du-Rhône — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Côtes-du-Rhône?
- The most planted varieties in Côtes-du-Rhône are Shiraz/Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, and Viognier, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Côtes-du-Rhône known for?
- Côtes-du-Rhône is known for Southern Rhône Red, Southern Rhône White, and Southern Rhône Rosé wines and flavors of Black fruit, Red fruit, and Tree fruit.
- How many wineries are in Côtes-du-Rhône?
- Femente tracks 768 producers in Côtes-du-Rhône, of which 31 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Côtes-du-Rhône?
- Côtes-du-Rhône is a wine region in France, taking in Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages.
Côtes-du-Rhône
Grenache-led reds here blur the line between juicy and serious, their pepper and garrigue tempered by soft tannins and a kind of wine-bar generosity that makes them dangerous to cellar.
Producers in Côtes-du-Rhône
- Domaine de la Janasse — distinction
- Maison Rivier — honest
- Domaine de Couron — distinction
- Les Chais Beaucairois — honest
- Cave La Romaine — honest
- Mourchon — distinction
- Domaine Rigalderie — undiscovered
- Les Vignerons du Castelas — distinction
- Esprit Pointu — undiscovered
- Château Saint Estève d'Uchaux — distinction
- Malmont — distinction
- Domaine Richaud — distinction
- Clos des Lumières — distinction
- Domaine Rouge-Bleu — distinction
- Cellier des Dauphins — distinction
- Chateau de Fonsalette — distinction
- Domaine des Gravennes — distinction
- Château Courac — distinction
- Les Olympes (Myriam Nicolas) — distinction
- Domaine Bellevue — distinction
- Domaine Martin — distinction
- Château La Borie — honest
- Domaine la Buissonnade — undiscovered
- Le Domaine de la Presidente — distinction
- Château La Roliere — honest
- Cave les Coteaux de Saint Maurice — honest
- Le Mas de Casalas — undiscovered
- Domaine La Ligiere — distinction
- Pinède — honest
- Domaine Bois des Dames — honest
- Domaine Eric Barnel — undiscovered
- Domaine de Gigognan — undiscovered
- Domaine Serre-Perrière — undiscovered
- Domaine de Lubin — undiscovered
- Pascal Chalon — honest
- La Tarasque — honest
- Cave Sainte Agathe — undiscovered
- De l'Oliveraie — undiscovered
- Charles Helfenbein — honest
- Vignerons de Saint-Gervais — honest
- Domaine Ventajol — honest
- Champs Vermeil — undiscovered
- Domaine de La Mandine — undiscovered
- Les Vignerons de St.Hilaire d'Ozilhan — honest
- Bonetto Fabrol — honest
- Charles Tort — distinction
- Domaine Mas Saint-Jean — honest
- Domaine du Faucon Doré — honest
- Domaine de Cremone — honest
- Roizeliere — undiscovered
- Charles Tyrand — honest
- Domaine La Romance — honest
- Clos Val Seille — honest
- Barrels And Drums — honest
- Connaisseur — undiscovered
- Domaine d'Eujies — undiscovered
- Les Hautes Garrigues — undiscovered
- Domaine Laurent Gramenon Aubery — honest
- Château St. Pierre d'Escarvaillac — honest
- Domaine Chantegrives — undiscovered
- Domaine Le Grand Retour — distinction
- Mas de Jallon — honest
- Château de Bastet — distinction
- Domaine St Marcel — undiscovered
- Julie Karsten — honest
- Domaine de l'Odylée — honest
- Magali et Nicolas Constantin — undiscovered
- Philippe Voillery — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine — undiscovered
- Domaine au 7ème Clos — honest
- Domaine de l'Aurore — undiscovered
- Domaine Gabriel Monier — honest
- Château Ravoire — undiscovered
- La Reserve du Prince — undiscovered
- Vignoble de Boisseyt — distinction
- Domaine de Magalanne — distinction
- Domaine Gramiller — distinction
- Taumassou — undiscovered
- Domaine Éric Merle — honest
- Domaine des Adres — undiscovered
- Domaine des Romarins — honest
- Pont d'Avignon — honest
- Domaine de l'Agramante — honest
- Vignobles & Compagnie — distinction
- Vallon d'Arc — undiscovered
- Maison Bronzini — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Reynaude — undiscovered
- Clos du Père Clément — distinction
- Domaine Dupeyre — undiscovered
- Domaine le Chapelier — undiscovered
- Domaine Roubaud — undiscovered
- Domaine des Pentelines — distinction
- Demoiselle Suzette — honest
- Domaine de Mont-Aigu — undiscovered
- Famille Ichard — undiscovered
- Ferme Chabran — undiscovered
- La Fille des Vignes — undiscovered
- Terre Forte — undiscovered
- Domaine de Vallaurie (FR) — undiscovered
- Andre Millerin — undiscovered
- La Pierre Laine — undiscovered
- Domaine les Papilles — honest
- Château la Diffre — honest
- Domaine du Parc des Seigneurs — undiscovered
- Denis Raymond — undiscovered
- Hommage à Jean — undiscovered
- Arausio — undiscovered
- Baron des Adrets — undiscovered
- Jordon et Davina — undiscovered
- La Sihole — undiscovered
- Pierre Vignes — undiscovered
- Saint Vallier — undiscovered
- Lou Moulin D'Oli — undiscovered
- Rive Droite — undiscovered
- Domaine de Bréseyme — distinction
- Clos des Mures — undiscovered
- Font du Mas — undiscovered
- Château Juliette — undiscovered
- Domaine Ridao — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint Claude de Vacquière — undiscovered
- Delacroix Kerhoas — undiscovered
- Nicolas Arvieux — undiscovered
- Domaine La Quine — undiscovered
- Domaine Eyguestre — distinction
- Domaine du Petit Oratoire — honest
- Domaine des Usseaux — undiscovered
- La Roseraie — undiscovered
- Clos de la Grande Grange — undiscovered
- La Flâneuse — honest
- Cave Costes Rousses — undiscovered
- Saint Ferreol — undiscovered
- Domaine Saint Alban — undiscovered
- Clos Guérin — undiscovered
- Famille Canto — undiscovered
- Domaine des Séraphin — undiscovered
- Domaine des Amarines — undiscovered
- Domaine de La Grangette Saint Joseph — undiscovered
- Domaine Chastel Samson — undiscovered
- Chateau Bouche — undiscovered
- Domaine Villessèche — honest
- Jean David — distinction
- Domaine des Coquettes — undiscovered
- Domaine Le Petit Joncquier — undiscovered
- Domaine Timoine — honest
- Domaine Le Père Brun — undiscovered
- Domaine de Cristia — critic
- Mas Poupéras — honest
- Famille Philip — undiscovered
- L' Artiste — undiscovered
- Yves Cheron — distinction
- Piaugier — distinction
- Domaine Du Petit Margot — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Mirandole — undiscovered
- Château Les Abeilles — honest
- La Cabanette — undiscovered
- Delas — critic
- Vignobles David — honest
- Orsan Vignerons — honest
- Vignoble Anne Collard — honest
- Saint Laurent — honest
- Vignerons de Beaumes de Venise — distinction
- Cave de Costebelle — undiscovered
- Le Clos des Saumanes — honest
- Chartreuse de Valbonne — honest
- Domaine Philippe Plantevin — distinction
- Domaine le Puy du Maupas — honest
- Domaine Lefebvre d'Anselme — honest
- Domaine Challias — honest
- Chante Bise — honest
- Les Celliers du Clocher — honest
- Domaine La Manarine — distinction
- Domaine le Clos du Bailly — distinction
- L'Union des Vignerons des Côtes du Rhône — honest
- Les Vignerons de Gaujac — honest
- Domaine Rose Dieu — honest
- La Bignande des Clos — honest
- Domaine Gris des Bauries — distinction
- Terre Brûlée — undiscovered
- Domaine des Arches — undiscovered
- Massillan — undiscovered
- La Suzienne — honest
- Domaine Charité — distinction
- Domaine des Andrines — honest
- La Part des Astres — undiscovered
- Domaine d'Artignan — undiscovered
- Terroirs de France — undiscovered
- Domaine Grande Bellane — distinction
- Domaine René Meffre — undiscovered
- Domaine Hautes Garrigues — undiscovered
- Domaine Seigneur de Renouard — honest
- Le Cri de l'Araignée — undiscovered
- Domaine de l'Echevin — distinction
- Ortas - Cave de Rasteau — distinction
- Domaine Trescoy — undiscovered
- Le Gairidel — undiscovered
- Domaine de La Jérôme — distinction
- Domaine Les Roure — undiscovered
- Château de Sury — undiscovered
- Domaine Peyron — undiscovered
- Domaine Vallonniere — honest
- Domaine Mas du Savouret — undiscovered
- Domaine Simon Quinquin — undiscovered
- Mas de Jallon — undiscovered
- Domaine de Sarrelon — honest
- Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine — undiscovered
- La Banate — honest
- Domaine Carmelisa — undiscovered
- Clos d'Alzan — honest
- Calendal — distinction
- Domaine Martin Merigot — undiscovered
- Domaine Clos du Palay — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Chapelle Oubliée — undiscovered
- La Chapelle d'Aubusson — undiscovered
- Domaine de la Grand Grange — undiscovered
- Domaine Vallat de Briançon — honest
- Dalodray — undiscovered
- Sélection des Offices — undiscovered
- Vignoble de Templiers - Laurens — honest
- Mas des Escarades — undiscovered
- Domaine Le Garrigon — honest
- Domaine la Gontarde — undiscovered
- Domaine de L'Argentière — undiscovered
- Domaine La Florane — distinction
- Domaine Hipparion — undiscovered
- Domaine Claire Clavel — honest
- Exo — undiscovered