Wines made from Roussanne grapes of Vallee du Paradis
Discover the best wines made with Roussanne as a single variety or as a blend of Vallee du Paradis.
Aromatic and elegant whites, rich yet lifted by fine freshness, with hawthorn, honeysuckle, apricot, pear, honey, green tea, mineral and herbal notes. Fine ageing potential. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with marsanne, and one of the 13 permitted grapes at Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Native Rhône variety.
Languedoc IGP in the heart of the Corbières (12 villages, 150–300 m, garrigue parcels on schists, clay-limestone, basalt and draining sandstone, hot dry Mediterranean climate, Cers wind 200 days/year): Grenache Noir, Syrah and Carignan are the signature red grapes — ripe red and black fruit, spice and garrigue notes, fine tannic structure. Muscat as an aromatic white. ~60% reds, 30% rosés, 10% whites.