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📍 Languedoc

Appellation ✔ Checked: 10.2026 · sources: 6 Updated:

Hills and plains stretching from Nîmes to Carcassonne.

Languedoc is a large wine area in southern France, from Nîmes to Carcassonne, along the Mediterranean. It belongs to the historic Languedoc-Roussillon, one of the country's biggest wine-growing areas. It includes hills, plateaus, coastal plains and the foothills of the Cévennes.

The climate is Mediterranean: hot, dry summers, plenty of sun, and the mistral and tramontane winds. Red grapes include Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre and Cinsault. Whites include Grenache Blanc, Picpoul, Rolle (Vermentino), Chardonnay and Mauzac.

The area is split into dozens of appellations: Corbières, Minervois, Saint-Chinian, Faugères, Pic Saint-Loup, La Clape, Picpoul de Pinet, Limoux. Famous sparkling wines are Blanquette and Crémant de Limoux. Muscats include Frontignan, Lunel, Saint-Jean-de-Minervois and Mireval. The Pays d'Oc wines have freer rules, with many single-grape bottlings.

Languedoc is valued for its variety and fair prices: next to mass-market wines, small estates make characterful wines from old vines. Neighbouring Roussillon to the south and the Rhône valley to the east belong to other wine worlds, while Languedoc covers the Mediterranean part around Montpellier, Béziers and Narbonne. On a label, look for the name of a specific appellation rather than just “Pays d'Oc”.

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How it connects to Wine

📍 Languedoc ← main grape of ← 🍇 Mourvèdre → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine

Part of
📍 Languedoc-Roussillon
Related to
France: 📜 Crémant de Limoux, 📜 Picpoul de Pinet, 📜 Fitou, 📜 Limoux, 📜 Minervois, 📜 Saint-Chinian, 📜 Terrasses du Larzac, 📜 Corbières, 📜 Muscat de Frontignan, 📜 Pic Saint-Loup
and 30 more📜 Aude, 📜 Cabardès, 📜 Clairette du Languedoc, 📜 Coteaux de Béziers, 📜 Côtes de Thau, 📜 Duché d'Uzès, 📜 Haute Vallée de l'Orb, 📜 La Clape, 📜 Muscat de Lunel, 📜 Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois, 📜 Sable de Camargue, 📜 Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, 📜 Vallée du Torgan, 📜 Boutenac, 📜 Clairette de Bellegarde, 📜 Coteaux de Peyriac, 📜 Coteaux du Pont du Gard, 📜 Cévennes, 📜 Côtes de Thongue, 📜 Gard, 📜 Malepère, 📜 Muscat de Mireval, 📜 Pays d'Hérault, 📜 Vicomté d'Aumelas, 📜 Coteaux d'Ensérune, 📜 Faugères, 📜 Haute Vallée de l'Aude, 📜 La Livinière, 📜 Le Pays Cathare, 📜 Vallée du Paradis
Grapes
🍇 Syrah, 🍇 Viognier, 🍇 Carignan, 🍇 Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, 🍇 Grenache, 🍇 Mourvèdre, 🍇 Alicante Bouschet, 🍇 Roussanne, 🍇 Piquepoul, 🍇 Clairette
and 23 more🍇 Cinsaut, 🍇 Marselan, 🍇 Bourboulenc, 🍇 Clairette Blanche, 🍇 Aramon, 🍇 Piquepoul Blanc, 🍇 Aubun, 🍇 Chasan, 🍇 Servant, 🍇 Aramon Blanc, 🍇 Terret Noir, 🍇 Aspiran Noir, 🍇 Aramon Gris, 🍇 Oeillade Noire, 🍇 Terret Blanc, 🍇 Caladoc, 🍇 Lledoner Pelut, 🍇 Grand Noir de la Calmette, 🍇 Terret Gris, 🍇 Clairette Rose, 🍇 Gramon, 🍇 Morrastel Bouschet, 🍇 Piquepoul Gris
Main grapes
🍇 Grenache, 🍇 Syrah, 🍇 Mourvèdre, 🍇 Carignan, 🍇 Cinsaut
Wines
🍷 Red wine, 🍷 White wine, 🍷 Rosé, 🍷 Still wine
Similar and different
🍷 Blanquette de Limoux

Frequently asked questions

Where is Languedoc?

In southern France, along the Mediterranean from Nîmes to Carcassonne.

Which grapes are key in Languedoc?

Reds: Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Mourvèdre; whites: Grenache Blanc, Picpoul, Chardonnay.

Which appellations are in Languedoc?

Corbières, Minervois, Saint-Chinian, Faugères, Pic Saint-Loup, La Clape, Limoux and many others.

What to read next

  • 📜 Limoux — Wines from around Limoux in the Pyrenean foothills, where still whites and reds are made.
  • 🍇 Syrah — A red grape from the Rhône Valley; in Australia it is called Shiraz.
  • 🍷 Blanquette de Limoux — A French sparkling wine from Limoux, considered one of the oldest sparkling wines.
  • 📜 Minervois — Red wines from the slopes of the Montagne Noire in Languedoc.
  • 📜 Saint-Chinian — Red wines from the schist and limestone hills of Languedoc.

Similar

📜 Côtes du Rhône · 📜 Bandol · 📜 Coteaux Varois en Provence · 📜 Collioure · 📜 Côtes du Roussillon · 📜 Minervois

⚠️ Wine contains alcohol: adults only, drink in moderation. Wine usually contains sulphites; egg white or milk proteins are sometimes used for fining — important for allergies and for vegans.

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