Château Saint-RochVieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Marsanne and the Grenache Blanc.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or lean fish.
The Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc of the Château Saint-Roch is in the top 30 of wines of Côtes du Roussillon.
Food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc
The Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc of Château Saint-Roch matches generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, poultry or pasta such as recipes of light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream), stuffed potatoes or cannelloni of meat.
Details and technical informations about Château Saint-Roch's Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Marsanne
Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Roussillon Blanc from Château Saint-Roch are 2021, 2019, 2016, 2020 and 2018.
Informations about the Château Saint-Roch
The Château Saint-Roch is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Roussillon
Côtes du Roussillon is an appellation contrôlée for red, white and rosé wines from the Roussillon wine region in southern France. It covers the eastern half of the administrative district of the Pyrénées-Orientales, on the eastern edge of the Pyrenees. The western half of the Pyrenees-Orientales is simply too mountainous for effective viticulture. In the Côtes du Roussillon wine-growing area is the Aspres sub-region.
The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.
The word of the wine: Reassembly
During the vinification process, a "cap" is formed at the top of the vats with the solid parts (skin, pulp, pips, etc.), which contain tannins and colouring elements. Pumping over consists of emptying the vat from the bottom and pouring the juice back to the top, in order to mix the cap and the juice and to favour the exchange and the extraction. This old technique allows a better exchange between the solid parts and the liquid.
