Our wines

In the heart of exceptional terroirs, these unique wines are born

From its origins till today

It all began in Ancient times, when the Côte Vermeille and the Corinthian sailors’ art of winemaking first met. It was the beginning of a passion, the story of a winemaking tradition that was handed down over the centuries, by the Roussillon winegrowers. Today, our AOred, rosé or white wines and Vins Doux Naturels are still being crafted with the same passion, improving their quality each year.

An exceptional climate

The Roussillon climate, Mediterranean par excellence, gives the vineyards a distinctive character. Generally heavy autumn rains enable the vines to find moisture in the abundant water tables throughout the hot summer. With more than 320 days/year of sunlight and ideal temperature variations, it is a land blessed by the gods for winegrowing.

Soils and grape varieties

Surrounded by high mountains, the Roussillon region forms a huge amphitheater marked by numerous geological convulsions. The richness of its turbulent story is reflected in the diversity of its soils and subsoils, with a multitude of distinctive terroirs. This natural richness has enabled the planting of more than 24 different white, grey and black varieties, offering a unique array of elegant wines.

Varied micro-terroirs

Varied geological structures and micro-climates are distinctive Roussillon characteristics, which means there is terrain to suit and maximize the characters of every grape varietal. While soils are predominantly clay/limestone, shist and « gravelly », some specific terroirs were recognized a distinctive AOP certification, ie. Côtes du Roussillon Villages Caramany from gneiss and granite terrain, Côtes du Roussillon Villages Latour de France from terrain containing a dominance of grey schist, Côtes du Roussillon Villages Lesquerde from sands of gneiss and granite and Côtes du Roussillon Villages Tautavel from a limestone-dominant terrain. The Crus from Côtes du Roussillon les Aspres are from gravel or small pebble soils with yellow clay as a liant. The Crus of Collioure and Banyuls are born from vines planted on very narrow terraces, often directly on to the parent Cambrian grey schist rock and on to poor, acid soils. The Maury terroir sits mainly on Aptian, nonmetamorphic black schist at the heart of the Agly Valley.

pastilleRed soils on compact limestone
pastilleLimestone soil on the edge of the Corbières and Thuir
pastilleBlack Soils, schistous marls from the Cretaceous Period
pastilleSoils seated on schistous colluvial deposits
pastilleSoils originating from granite and gneiss
pastilleVery stony soils on high terraces
pastilleVery stony soils on low terraces
pastilleClay and slit soils of Les Aspres
pastilleStony clay soils Les Aspres
pastilleStony soils of the Thuir terrace
pastilleSandy, stony soils of the Albères foothills
pastilleThe whole range of stony, sand and slit, clay and silt, and sandy sols of the coast
pastilleThe hydromorphic soils of the basins
pastilleLimit of the permanent saltmarsh