Côtes-du-Rhône Villages (French pronunciation: [kot dy ʁon vilaʒ]) is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) produced in 95 settlements in the departments of the Ardèche, the Drôme, the Gard, and the Vaucluse in the southern Rhône wine region of France.

These communes or villages were allowed to put their name on the label in exchange of submitting to a number of regulations, such as a minimum alcohol level (12.5%).

[5] The current (as of 1 January 2025) full specification for the cultivation of the vines, the growing area boundaries, and the blending of the varieties is governed by the Syndicate des Vignerons des Côtes du Rhône (Syndicate of the winegrowers of the Côtes du Rhône) in Avignon.

[5] Chusclan wines have been produced by both Roman legionaries and Benedictine monks and it was served at royal tables.

Located to the west of the Rhône in the Gard département, the planted area covers 261 ha.in and around the villages of Chusclan, Codolet, Orsan, Saint-Etiennedes-Sorts and the town of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, and in 2023 produced 9,220 hectolitres.

The named village appellation covers red wine made mainly from from Grenache noir, Mourvèdre, and Syrah, and was promoted in 2012.

[10] Massif d'Uchaux is produced in Lagarde-Paréol, Mondragon, Piolenc, Sérignan-du-Comtat and Uchaux in the department of Vaucluse, close to the Rhône and just north of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Avignon.

Grown on poor sandy and clay soils on calcerous limestone bedrock which together with an elevation of 100 to 280 meters, give this wine a character, unique among the village AOCs, of strawberry, raspberry, pepper, and nutmeg.

[13] It is one of the highest altitudes, with vines cultivated in the villages of Nyons, Mirabel-aux-Baronnies, Piégon and Venterol in the department of Drôme between 200m and 500m above sea level.

[15] Roaix is located between the crus of Rasteau and Cairanne on the eastern flank of the Ventabren mountain in the east of the Vaucluse department.

Predominately red wine with similar characteristics as its grand neighbours that will keep for up to ten years, with white and rosé produced in small volumes.

[16] Rochegude village was allegedly established during the reign of emperor Domitian (51-96) and Jefferson is said to have presented wines from here to Washington himself!

[17] The diversity enables the growers to assemble a variety of styles of the red wine and also some white and rosé, and in 2023 the 132 hectares produced 4,181 hectolitres.

[19] Though wine has been made here since the 15th century it is a very small vineyard with only 21 of its 60 hectars dedicated to the production of all three colours of the named village appelation, and yielding 642 hectolitres in 2023.

[23] Sainte-Cécile with the Vaucluse villages of Sainte-Cécile-les- Vignes, Sérignan-du-Comtat and Tulette, and Suze-la-Rousse, and Travaillan in the Gard, produces wines from the northern area soil which consists of silty clay with pebbles, and the southern part of the vineyard which is made up of limestone pebbles and sandy clay.

Located just to the north of the Lirac AOCcru in a niche in the valley of the Cèze river to the west of the Rhône, the soil is sandy limestone and clay.

As early as 1789 the marquis de Guasc made his own wine in the region and became a role model for independent producers.

[27] Saint-Maurice is nested on the border of Nyons between the cru of Vinsobres AOC in the east and the named village of Visan in the west and shares their characteristics.

The vineyard in Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues was classed as Côtes du Rhône in 1953 and was raised to named village status in 1967.

The appelation makes all three colours at 90% red, 6% white, and 4% rosé of which it is the largest producer in the named villages.

The facility, with its laboratories and tasting rooms is unique in Europe, and offers courses in oenology, marketing, and management for the wine industry.

The vinyard is spread over its associated villages of Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison, Villedieu, Buisson, and Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde on slopes in different directions and winds with altitudes from 160 to 380m just before the terrain gets really mountainous, thus providing the vignerons with a selection of different influences enabling blending the wines from the same varieties.

The vinyard radiates in all directions from the village centre and covers 466 planted hectares which produced 14,392 hl.

Visan is a medium-sized vinyard of 580 planted hectares of fat clay soil surrounding the village which produced 18,477 hl.