Premium Languedoc-Roussillon white wines: 30 to try

Lemon and honey notes, heather honey and ripe lemon palate, lees notes on the finish. Bold, confidently oaked, succulent ripe fruit with complementary oak sweetness.

Lemon-gold colour in the glass. Gorgeous honeyed nuts and mature apple aromas. Continuing onto the palate, there’s a sour zing of apple acidity, as well...

Aromas that evoke soft memories of summer, led by bruised apples, beeswax, polished wood, hay and potpourri. The fruit continues with ripe, slightly bruised autumn...

Oak characters dominate the aromas, with some perfumed notes coming through. The luscious, creamy palate is full of white pears, flowers, scented tea and ripe...

Delicate aromas emerge of freshly cut hay, herbs and scented flowers. Creamy citrus juiciness, honeyed minerality, crisp green apples and ripe white peaches bundle together...

Tea, roses and a hint of lemon zest on the nose all combine on the palate with floral notes of potpourri, bergamot and Sorrento lemons....

Colour can be deceptive, as this ultra-pale white wine might suggest extreme lightness. Spontaneous fermentation in barrel has resulted in subtle walnut and oaky aromas...

Mellow aromas of sweet, nutty oak, honey and citrus. The combination of ripe fruit and oak creates a wine with power and weight. Charmingly rich...

Aromas of quince paste linger in the glass, whilst the fruit in the mouth is sweet, ripe and creamy. It tastes like apple compote, quince,...

Fairly unusual aromas of hay, buttermints, ripe stone fruit and a touch of autolysis. Soft buttery pears come through on the palate, with beautifully juicy...

While not premium in price, this wine held its own in a blind tasting against many higher-priced wines, and so wins a place in this...

Watery lemon-white in colour. Aromas of delicate, soft, mellow white fruit and honey. These gently honeyed notes continue on the palate, giving charm to the...

Ripe quince and apple compote with some gentle vanilla oakiness emerge slowly and hints of violets whisper around the edges. On the palate it’s perfumed...

Aromas of crisp cooking apples, yellow plums, honeycomb and a hint of oak. The palate develops into spiced apple crumble, mature and mellow orchard fruit...

Creamy aromas mix with a hint of minerals and kerosene. On the palate, juicy rich blackcurrants portray great inner depth, with leafy cassis freshness, subtle...

Delicate green apple and waxy aromas introduce this structural and rich wine. Slightly bruised cooking apples mixed with creamy nuttiness and edged with fresh citrus...

Soft pink-yellow-golden hues. Pretty floral aromas with a note of peche de vigne. On the palate there’s a rather beautiful floral charm, some potpourri and...

Fresh citrus and pomelo sweetness on the nose, whilst the palate is creamy, and perfumed with sweet pears, candied lemon peel and hints of orange....

Sometimes a dry wine can appear sweet due to its concentration, as evidenced here. The nose has opulent, ripe, sweet fruit, with hints of toasty...

Fragrant and fresh, ripe lemon and sherbert notes on the nose, white blossom, poached pear good acidity, pleasing salty finish. Poised and well-balanced.

A blend of Macabeu and rare local variety Malvoisie de Roussillon, this wine has a unique character. Yeasty, bready aromas, almost like sourdough, with hints...

Truly a less-is-more style of wine here with its delicately clean, fresh, herbal aromas. Full-bodied in the mouth, possibly from some time in oak, but...

Delicate aromas of almonds and marzipan lead onto a ripe palate with a glycerol texture, waxy white flowers, almond butter and sweet, nutty pears. Fresh...

Soft golden tones with warm, oaky aromas create a perfect autumnal wine. Ripe sun-kissed pears and crisp, nutty apples, a hint of quince cheese and...

Perfumed flowers on the nose lead on to a fragrant palate followed by ripe white pears, red apples and greengage plums. A rather lovely juxtaposition...

Daintily understated on the nose, with a touch of leafy green apples. At first the palate is restrained, with a lovely flintiness that at first...

A very pleasant surprise to discover this off-dry, honeyed wine. Aromas of unctuous honeyed fruit. There is just 14g/L of residual sugar here and it...

Perfume - rather than flowers - dominates the aromas, with hints of sweet curry plant too. The palate is rich and ripe, showing dried peach...

A fragrant grapefruit and tangerine bouquet touched with scented pears and delicate spice. There’s weight and slightly fat fruit in the mouth, alongside sweet almonds,...

A whiff of nutty oak pervades over citrus and floral aromas. Evident oak provides gentle vanilla weight, beautiful structural creaminess, butterscotch and butteriness. The fruit...