WineRegionsOld WorldFranceRhoneSouth
Created in August 1967 the Appellation "Cotes du Rhone Villages"distinguishes the best wines for which the growers voluntarily accept amore rigorous control to ensure that they present the very essence of thequalities of their sun and their soil. The Chusclan vineyard is rooted inthe stony arid soil south-west of Pont-Saint-Esprit, a step away from thenuclear installations at Marcoule, and indeed one of its famed wines bearsthis name. Louis XIV loved these full-blooded roses with the bouquet redolentof plum and acacia, and took a supply from a vineyard since named the Closdu Roil, near to Chusclan. Laudun dominates the Rhone from its plateau where Caesar set up his camp to control the valley. It is the most distinctivesoil of the southern Cotes du Rhone for its white wines, so delicate andhonest, and fruity in their youth. There are also excellent roses and redwines lighter than those of the left bank, but elegant and well fashioned.