Côtes de Provence AOC | Château Monty

Côtes de Provence AOC is appellation for still wines of all three colours from the Provence region of France. It covers around one third of the Var department, with extensions into the Bouches du Rhône to the outskirts of Marseille, and and enclave in the Alpes-Maritimes.

Sub-regions: Wines from Sainte-Victoire, Fréjus, La Londe and Pierrefeu can append their names to the Côtes de Provence AOC Rosé and Côtes de Provence AOC Rouge denominations. See Côtes de Provence AOC Fréjus, Côtes de Provence AOC La Londe, and Côtes de Provence AOC Pierrefeu.

Production zone communes by department

Alpes-Maritimes departement: Villars-sur-Var.

Bouches-du-Rhône department: Allauch, Bouc-Bel-Air, Ceyreste, Châteauneuf-le-Rouge, La Ciotat, Cuges-les-Pins, Meyreuil, Mimet, Peynier, Puyloubier, Roquefort-la-Bédoule, Rousset, Simiane-Collongue, Le Tholonet, Trets.

Var departement: Les Arcs, Bagnols-en-Forêt, Le Beausset, Besse-sur-Issole, Bormes- les-Mimosas, Cabasse, La Cadière-d’Azur, Callas, Le Cannet-des-Maures, Carcès, Carnoules, Carqueiranne, Le Castellet, Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Cogolin, Collobrières, Correns, Cotignac, La Crau, La Croix-Valmer, Cuers, Draguignan, Entrecasteaux, Evenos, La Farlède, Figanières, Flassans-sur-Issole. Flayosc, Fréjus, La Garde, La Garde-Freinet, Gassin, Gonfaron, Grimaud, Hyères, La Londe-les- Maures, Lorgues, Le Luc, Les Mayons, Montfort-sur-Argens, La Môle, La Motte, Le Muy, Pierrefeu- du-Var, Pignans, Plan-de-la-Tour, Pourcieux, Pourrières, Le Pradet, Puget-sur-Argens, Puget-Ville, Ramatuelle, Roquebrune-sur-Argens, Saint-Antonin-du-Var, Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, Sainte-Maxime, Saint-Paul-en-Forêt, Saint-Raphaël, Saint-Tropez, Sanary-sur-Mer, Seillans, Six-Fours-les-Plages, Solliès-Pont, Taradeau, Le Thoronet, Trans-en-Provence, La Valette-du-Var, Vidauban.

Wine production & vineyard area: 2002 877,555hl from over 20,000ha (Guide Hachette: 2004, p.761).

Wineries

Certified Organic: Domaine de Rimauresqe.

No Certification: Château Miraval.