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Roussanne

Roussanne Wine Details
Price: $22.00 per bottle

Description: Normally associated with the Rhone Valley in France, this white wine has found its home on the Central Coast in California and is a great alternative to Chardonnay. This golden colored, full-bodied wine offers subtle hints of honey, coconut, pear, orange rind and vanilla. The wine finishes with a lingering, terroir driven minerality combined with toastiness attributed to cellaring on 100% French oak.

Varietal Definition
Roussanne:
Also known as Bergeron in the french Savoie region. Semi-classic grape grown in the Hermitage-Rhone and southern Cotes du Rhone region of France. Still occasionally incorporated into white wine blends, (e.g: with the Marsanne grape wine), because of its acidity and aroma but finding less and less favor.


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