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'Côtes du Rhône' is a wine-growing AOC for the Rhône wine region of France, covering vineyards outside the other named appellations both in the north and south.
Red and rosé wines are made from Grenache Noir, Syrah, Cinsaut, Carignan, Counoise and Mourvèdre grapes, white wines from Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, and Bourboulenc.
Reporter Pierre-Marie Doutrelant revealed that "the growers of Côtes du Rhône planted mourvèdre and syrah, two low-yield grapes that give the wine finesse, strictly for the benefit of government inspectors. Then, when the inspectors left, they grafted cheap high-yield vines—grenache and carignan—back onto the vines" (Prial).

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★ Prial, Frank. A Reporters' Reporter. In: Frank Prial. ''Decantations''. NY: St. Martin's and Grifin, 2001, pp. 23–25.