Roussanne
Vitis vinifera L.
Roussanne is a grape variety with white berries.1
Its country of origin is France.2
In 2023 it covered 2,367 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 169 of 1497 varieties in the database.2
The largest area is in France: 2,238 ha (95% of the world total), across 9 countries.2
Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 171%.2
VIVC records 27 other names for it.1
Area by country
Area, 2023
Where Roussanne grows
- OriginFrance
- AreaFrance
- AreaAustralia
- Areathe United States
- AreaChile
- AreaCanada
- AreaSwitzerland
- AreaArgentina
- AreaUruguay
- AreaNew Zealand
Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.
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Other names
Rousanne · Roussanne B · Barbin · Barbin De Villardery · Bergeron · Courtoisie · Fromental · Fromental Jaune · Fromenteal · Fromenteau · Greffon · Greffou · Martin Cot · Martin Rot
Other varieties from France
Sources
- VIVC passport no. 10258. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
- Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3