Côtes-du-Roussillon-Villages Latour-de-France AOC is a red wine only AOC from five communes in the Agly valley in the Roussillon region of France, one of which gives its name to the appellation. The wines are based on blends of Grenache Noir, Carignan Noir, Syrah, and Lladoner Pelut.

Terroir: Schist (Source Harpers: 17 September 2004).

Communes (5): Cassagnes. | Estagel. | Latour-de-France. | Montner. | Planèzes.

Bibliography

Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Tom Stevenson, The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia 5th Edition (Dorling Kindersley, 2011).

‘A wine from all Reasons’, Harpers Wine & Spirit Weekly 17 September 2004, p.18-19.

Lledoner Pelut is a dark-skinned wine grape variety grown chiefly in the Languedoc-Roussillon in France and in Catalonia, Spain. It can be used for both rosé and red wine production, and is one of the principal varieties in Corbières wines, alongside Carignan, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah.