- Fitou AOC
Fitou is a large
red wine appellation inLanguedoc-Roussillon ,France .The dominant vine variety is
Carignan which has to constitute 40% of any blend.Grenache , Lladoner Pelut (the 'hairy'Grenache ,Mourvèdre andSyrah are also often blended with it. These wines are made for drinking young, and tend to be tannic with fresh forest fruit flavours.Muscat de Rivesaltes AOC , avin doux naturel , also comes from the regionProduction area
The production area covers the following communes of the
Aude department:
*Canton of Durban-Corbières :Cascastel-des-Corbières andVilleneuve-les-Corbières
*Canton of Tuchan :Paziols andTuchan
*Canton of Sigean : Caves,Fitou , La Palme,Leucate andTreilles ee also
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French wine
*List of appellations in Languedoc-Roussillon External links
* [http://www.fitou.fr/index.php?lang=us Fitou website]
* [http://gollywinedrops.blogspot.com/2006/07/radcliffes-fitou-for-that-french.html Tasting note]
* [http://www.mont-tauch.com/english/fitou.asp Fitou]
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