About Chateau Rouss
Chateau Rouss takes the French château naming tradition and applies it to the Rouss family's El Dorado County Apple Hill estate — a declaration that the Sierra Foothills' best properties deserve the same architectural aspiration that European estate wineries have always carried. The château on the Rouss land, in the Apple Hill district of Camino, where the elevation and cool air create growing conditions unlike any other California wine region.
The Cable Road estate produces Zinfandel, Syrah, Barbera, and Grenache from El Dorado County estate vineyards at 2,800 to 3,200 feet elevation, where the daily temperature swings and granite-derived soils produce wines of unusual freshness and mineral character.
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Chateau Rouss takesChateau Rouss takes the French château naming tradition and applies it to the Rouss family's El Dorado County Apple Hill estate — a declaration that the Sierra Foothills' best properties deserve the same architectural aspiration that European estate wineries have always carried.
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The château onThe château on the Rouss land, in the Apple Hill district of Camino, where the elevation and cool air create growing conditions unlike any other California wine region.
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The Cable RoadThe Cable Road estate produces Zinfandel, Syrah, Barbera, and Grenache from El Dorado County estate vineyards at 2,800 to 3,200 feet elevation, where the daily temperature swings and granite-derived soils produce wines of unusual freshness and mineral character.
"The 2006 El Dorado County French-château-Rouss-topographic-naming Zinfandel and Syrah estate — Chateau Rouss (the châtea"
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Featured Wines
Zinfandel
El Dorado Zinfandel
El Dorado AVA / Chateau Rouss Estate
Chateau Rouss's French-château-family-naming El Dorado Zinfandel — the European estate aspiration on Apple Hill high-altitude Sierra Foothills Zinfandel.
Estate
★★★★☆
Syrah
Syrah
El Dorado AVA / Chateau Rouss Estate
Chateau Rouss's château-naming El Dorado Syrah — French aspiration on California mountain Rhône variety terrain.
Estate
★★★★☆
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Book on Tock →Chateau Rouss Apple Hill Walk-In
Daily walk-in at the French-château-family-named El Dorado Apple Hill estate — Chateau Rouss Zinfandel and Syrah from high-altitude Sierra Foothills. Dog-friendly, picnic, family-welcoming.
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