The wine region of Côtes Catalanes is located in the region of Pays d'Oc of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de l'Ou or the Domaine Department 66 produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes Catalanes are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes Catalanes often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, saline or pink grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of watermelon, nectarine or wax.
In the mouth of Côtes Catalanes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 308 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes Catalanes, producing 1005 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes Catalanes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
wines from the region of Côtes Catalanes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of enchiladas franchouillards, spaghetti cacio e pepe or chakchouka.
On the nose in the region of Côtes Catalanes often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or black fruit. In the mouth in the region of Côtes Catalanes is a powerful with a nice freshness.
