What region is Ventoux in?

Ventoux is a large wine region in the far southeast of the southern Rhône, on the border with Provence. The appellation was known as Côtes de Ventoux until October 2009. It is located 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Avignon, in the Vaucluse department.

Is Ventoux in the Rhône Valley?

The vineyards lie in the east of the Rhône Valley, across 51 communes in the Vaucluse, bordered in the south by the Calavon. The area is listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

What kind of wine is Ventoux?

This cuvée is a blend of wines essentially produced on the communes of Mazan and Goult, in the heart of the Ventoux appellation. Average production: 200,000 bottles (75 cl.) per year. Grape varieties : Mainly Grenache and Syrah.

What mountain range is Mont Ventoux in?

AlpsMount Ventoux / Mountain rangeThe Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 750 mi across eight Alpine countries: France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia. Wikipedia

What does Ventoux mean in English?

The name Ventoux is often thought to originate from the French word for windy, Venteux, but the correct etymology is the word Vinturi, meaning mountain. So the literal translation of Mont Ventoux is Mount Mountain.

What category climb is Mont Ventoux?

With the roll call of winners including Poulidor, Merckx, Thévenet, Pantani, Virenque and Froome you can see why most years the Tour de France includes Mont Ventoux it is usually classified as that year’s queen stage.

What is Gigondas wine?

Gigondas is a village in the southern Rhône valley and an appellation for red and rosé wines. Both colors are made from up to 80 percent Grenache (according to the appellation laws), with at least 15 percent comprised of Syrah and Mourvèdre.

Why is Mt Ventoux treeless?

The top of the mountain is bare limestone without vegetation or trees, which makes the mountain’s barren peak appear from a distance to be snow-capped all year round (its snow cover actually only lasts from December to April).

Why is Mt Ventoux white?

White with snow in winter, and almost as white in summer due to its sun-bleached rocks – a ‘moonscape’, as it’s so often referred to – the Ventoux can be seen from a long way off. Such is Mont Ventoux’s magnificence that it inspires not only cyclists to conquer it, but poets and writers too.

Why is Mt Ventoux barren?

What category climb is SA calobra?

category 1 climb
The Sa Calobra climb or Coll dels Reis climb is one of the most ridden hills in Mallorca. There are two ways to approach it. The first is from sea level at Sa Calobra, a category 1 climb. The second is from the viaduct side which is a cat 4 climb.

Is Gigondas a Côtes du Rhône?

Gigondas was the first Côtes du Rhône Villages appellation wine to be awarded Cru status, in 1971.