Côtes du Vivarais AOC
| Wine region | |
| Official name | Côtes de Vivarais AOC |
|---|---|
| Type | AOC |
| Year established | VDQS 1962; AOC 1999 |
| Years of wine industry | 2,000 |
| Country | France |
| Part of | Rhône Valley |
| Other regions in Rhône Valley | Côtes du Rhône, Costières de Nîmes |
| Climate region | Mediterranean with cool mountain winds |
| Soil conditions | limestone marl |
| Size of planted vineyards | 554 |
| No. of vineyards | 138 |
| Grapes produced | grapes |
| No. of wineries | 33 |
| Wine produced | red, white, rosé |
| Comments | 2005 |
Côtes du Vivarais (French pronunciation: [kot dy vivaʁɛ]) is a wine-growing AOC in the northwestern extreme of the southern Rhône wine region of France. The wines are produced in 9 communes of the Ardèche department, and in 5 communes of the department of the Gard. The region is bisected by the deep Gorges of the Ardèche and is shares the same latitudes as the Coteaux de Tricastin AOC on the left bank of the Rhône. The wine became a VDQS in 1962 and was awarded the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée in 1999.