In regards to Natural Wine, Roussillon is a respected wine region is getting better and better, with more conventionl producers choosing less interventional methods.
Roussilon as a region, is however better referred to as Languedoc-Roussillon. The area has around 700,000 acres (2,800 km2) under vines and is the single biggest wine-producing region in the world, being responsible for more than a third of France's total wine production!
This region shares many terrain and climate characteristics with the neighboring regions of Southern Rhône and Provence. The region stretches 150 miles (240 km) from the Banyuls AOC at the Spanish border and Pyrenees in the west, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the river Rhône and Provence in the east.
Notable Natural Wine producers here include Matassa, Casot des Mailloles and Domaine de l'Horizon
