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Location/geography/topography
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- Most vineyards are on the northwestern coast:
- Coteaux de Mascara, Coteaux de Tlemcen, Dahra Hills |
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Climate
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Mediterranean climate; similar to southern and eastern Spain.
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Grape varieties
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Mostly French varieties.
- Reds: Carignan, Alicante Bouchet, Cinsault, Grenache - Whites: Ugni Blanc, Clairette |
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Viticulture
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- 74.000 ha w growing proportion of vines for table grapes. 1938 400.000 ha.
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Vinification
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Almost no investment in 2nd half of the 20th.
- Birthplace for autovinification (Ducellier) - Introduction of temperature control only recent. |
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Wine styles
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Wines from the northern coast are robust and high in alcohol.
- Cuvée du Président most famous. |
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Scale of production and industry significance
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- 74.000 ha
- 745.000 hl/y - Investment and improvement lagging! - Muslim country, so limited domestic market. Not the same tolerance of wine sale like in Morocco. - No growing tourist industry like Morocco and Tunisia. - Also important producer of corks. |
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Key producers
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- 70+ wineries
- ONCV: state-owned company w near-monopoly on wine production and sales. |
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History
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- Historically most important North African wine producer; exporting large volumes to France for blending.
- 1950s: accounted for 2/3 of worldwide wine production along with Morocco and Tunisia. - 1962: independence and ban on exports to France and little investment --> rapid decline |
