Chatauneuf-du-Pape is a famous wine village with about 2100 inhabitants located in the southern Rhone Valley. The landmark of the town and the region is the ruin of the castle of the Popes of Avignon, built in the 14th century. Since 1995 there has been a partnership with today's papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo.
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The red Chateaneuf-du-Pape is one of the full-bodied wines of France. Even small vintages build ten years, top wines even mature over several decades. In 2002, the cultivated area had 3200 ha. Dominating are the large estates with their own bottling, only seven percent of the amount is produced by the cooperative. Viticulture in the southern Rhone Valley probably goes back to the Greeks, who in the 6th century BC founded the city of Marseille. In 1935 the appellation Chateaneuf-du-Pape was protected as one of the first in France.
The great castles of the region such as La Nerthe, built in the 18th century are even today witnesses of former prosperity.
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