Roussanne
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2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Domaine des Sénéchaux, Rhône
White
2020
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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2013 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2013
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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2015 St Péray, Cuvée Prestige, Domaine du Tunnel, Rhône
White
2015
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Medium Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2015
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2016
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Full Bodied
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14.5% Alcohol
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2014 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2014
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Full Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
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2014 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2014
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Full Bodied
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13.5% Alcohol
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2018 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2018
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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2018 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Pure Roussanne, Domaine Raymond Usseglio, Rhône
White
2018
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2017
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Full Bodied
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14.0% Alcohol
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2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Pure Roussane, Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils, Rhône
White
2020
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Pure Roussane, Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils, Rhône
White
2019
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Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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2019 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2019
Lay down
Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Pure Roussane, Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils, Rhône
White
2021
Drink, youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
14.0% Alcohol
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2019 St Péray, Franck Balthazar, Rhône
White
2019
Drink, youthful
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2016 The Foundry, Roussanne, South Africa
White
2016
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Medium Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
White
2020
Lay down
Full Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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Roussanne is one of the most important white grape varieties in the Rhône Valley. It is a particularly pernickety grape to cultivate being a notoriously low yielder as well as being highly susceptible to rot. It is difficult to ripen, and seemingly prone to oxidation at every opportunity. Roussanne's name comes from its russet-coloured skin and it produces richly aromatic wines, often with fruit characteristics of lime and blossom.
In the northern Rhône it is typically blended with Marsanne to produce the white wines of Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph, and St-Péray. Generally Marsanne is the dominant partner and it lends colour, body and weight to the blend, as well as richly scented fruit, while Roussanne contributes bouquet, delicacy and finesse.
It is grown less extensively in the southern Rhône although it is one of the permitted varieties in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. There are plantings of Roussanne in the Languedoc and Rousillon and in the last decade the grape have been cultivated with particular success in California, where it is produced both as a single varietal and as a component of Rhône-style blends.