Languedoc-Roussillon

With a surface area of more than 240,000 ha of vines, Languedoc-Roussillon is the largest wine-producing region in France. Most of the vines are in the Languedoc and Roussillon represents "only" 7,000 ha of this total. Contrasting geologically and climatically, this vineyard is also contrasted in terms of quality. Its arc shape, from Nîmes to the Etang de Leucate, hugs the Gulf of Lion and, in the interior, the vines lean against the foothills of the Cévennes, from the Montagne Noire to the foot of the Pyrenees.

19 AOCs straddling three departments (Gard, Hérault, Aude) constitute...