Chénas
Chénas is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also * Chénas AOC *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis which has 59 communes. For communes in the Lyon Metropolis, see Communes of the Lyon Metropolis. The communes coop ... References Communes of Rhône (department) Beaujolais (province) {{Rhône-geo-stub ...
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Chénas AOC
Beaujolais ( , ) is a French ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) wine in the Burgundy wine, Burgundy region. Beaujolais wines are generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in grape tannins, tannin, but like most AOC wines they are not wine label, labeled varietally. Whites from the region, which make up only 1% of its production, are made mostly with Chardonnay grapes though Aligoté is also permitted until 2024 (on condition the vines were planted before 2004). Beaujolais tends to be a very body (wine), light-bodied red wine, with relatively high amounts of acidity. In some vintages, Beaujolais produces more wine than the Burgundy wine regions of Chablis (wine), Chablis, Côte d'Or (escarpment), Côte d'Or, Côte Chalonnaise and Mâconnais put together.J. Robinson (ed.). ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'' (Third Ed.), pp. 72–74. Oxford University Press, 2006. . The wine takes its name from the historical Beaujolais (province), Province of Beaujo ...
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