Estates / Chateau de Roquefort
Chateau de Roquefort
Raimond de Villeneuve
COUNTRY: France
REGION: Provence
APPELLATION: VDP Bouches du Rhone
Château de Roquefort is located in the magnificent landscape of the Côtes de Provence region. This estate has a special charm, with vineyards of considerable age that highlight its dedication to creating high-quality wines. The estate embraces organic and biodynamic farming practices in its vineyards, earning certification as organic in 2006. With an annual output of 200,000 bottles, it offers five distinct wine labels: two reds, two whites, and one rosé.
Additionally, during exceptional climatic conditions, the estate may introduce special limited-production labels. Château de Roquefort places significant importance on maintaining high-quality processes, ranging from cultivation to vinification. This dedication is apparent in their meticulous approach, including the implementation of grafts on existing vines, which make up nearly 40% of the total vineyard area. The characteristic feature of all the wines produced by the estate is their distinctive aromatic freshness and purity, regardless of their color. This distinctive characteristic differentiates the wines, consistently arousing the enthusiasm of consumers.
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Wine Region:
Provence
The first vineyards in France were established about 2,000 years ago in Provence. Located in the southeastern part of France and hemmed in by the Mediterranean Sea, Rhone river, and Côte d'Azur, much of the area receives a lot of sun – there are relatively mild winters and dry summers, although microclimes and weather variations exist. Provencal winds, which can go as fast as a hundred kilometers per hour, are cold and dry.
The landscape of Provence is typically garrigue – a short scrubland rooted in shore-adjacent limestone – and dense oak thickets. The warm climate and craggy landscapes host many prominent grapes, although mostly hostile to large-scale agriculture. No wines of repute were made in Provence to about the 1970s, up until new methods and technologies that then grew better grape varietals were introduced to mostly create rosés.
Featured Grape Varieties:
Bourboulenc
Grenache Noir
Grenache
Marsanne
Viognier
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon
Clairette
Cinsault
Rolle
Cabernet
Mourvedre
Ugni-blanc
Syrah
Carignan
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