Right in the very heart of the Drôme Provençale, next to the Comtat Venaissin and the Dauphiné, the terroir of La Suzienne covers twenty-two communes and, since its creation in 1926, has produced some of the most individual and expressive Côtes du Rhône and Coteaux du Tricastin wines.
Here, surrounded by truffle oaks and olive groves, in stony plains or on gentle south-facing slopes, the vine exercises it's reign. The envy of many a wine grower, those of La Suzienne have the advantage of a wide variety of soils and micro-climates between Grignan and Suze-la-Rousse to play with.

Sitting at the foot of the impressive medieval château of Suze, La Suzienne is entrusted with the labour of 877 wine growers to produce a wide range of prestigious wines year upon year.

Today the vineyards cover an area of :

1600 hectares of Côtes du Rhône
800 hectares of Coteaux du Tricastin
300 hectares of Vin de table

The main grapes or cépages are the black Grenache (65%), Syrah (17%) and Carignan (10%). The other varieties being: Cinsault and Mourvèdre (3%) and the white grapes: Clairette, Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Bourboulenc and the white Grenache which make up the final 5% of total harvest.

Currently, the average yield at La Suzienne is 130 000 hectolitres of wine, 80% of which is Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée:

(Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) is the highest classification category of French wines, legally defined by governmental decree).

The wine-making process, La Suzienne makes mostly red wine (90%) with a little white (5%) and some rosé (5%).

Hi-tech equipment along with the fastidious care with which the grapes are selected and strict management mean that the exemplary wine cellar of La Suzienne is highly respected by all in the wine trade. They also ensure the widest range of Côtes du Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages and Coteaux du Tricastin, with vins primeurs appearing from the middle of November on.