Côtes du Rhône-Villages AOC is the generic umbrella appellation for those communes (villages) or groups of communes within the Côte du Rhône appellation whose wines are deemed distinct enough to be allowed to add their village name.

The Côtes du Rhône-Villages AC was created in 1953 when four villages in the Côtes du Rhône AC, Gigondas, Cairanne, Chusclan and Laudun, were allowed to attach their name to the Côtes du Rhône AC designation if the wine contained 12.5% (as opposed to 11%) alcohol. |1955 Vacqueyras became the fifth Côtes du Rhône-Villages. | 1957 Vinsobres became the sixth Côtes du Rhône-Villages. | 1967 The collective Côtes du Rhône Villages AC title was adopted (along the Beaujolais Villages AC model). | 1971 Gigondas (one of the original four Côtes du Rhône-Villages) becomes an AOC in its own right. | 1990 Vacqueyras becomes an AOC in its own right. | 2004 Four villages – Puymeras, Plan de Dieu, Massif d’Uchaux and Plateau de Sinargues – were admitted to the Côtes du Rhône Villages AC.

Production zone: Drôme: Rochegude. | Rousset-les-Vignes. | Saint-Maurice. | Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes. | Vinsobres. Gard: Chusclan. | Laudan. | Saint-Gervais. Vaucluse: Beaumes de Venise. | Cairanne. | Sablet. | Séguret. | Rasteau. | Roaix. | Valréas. | Visan.

Wineries

Certified organic: Domaine LePlan Vermeersch (Tulette).