Laudun-l'Ardoise (French pronunciation: [lodœ̃ laʁdwaz]; Occitan: Laudun) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France.

[3] Laudun is one of the communes producing Côtes du Rhône Villages wines, red, rosé and white.

In 1953 the INAO (Institut National des Appellations d'Origine) chose 4 villages with a good reputation, but not considered quite good enough for their own AOC: Gigondas (has today its own AOC), Cairanne, Chusclan and Laudun (which include neighboring St. Victor la Coste and Tresques).

These wine could add their name to the general AOC and sell the wine as "Côtes du Rhône Laudun", if they lived up to strict conditions as to yield per hectare (35 hl instead of 50), alcoholic strength (minimum 121,5% alcohol etc.

The rest is sold as straight Côtes du Rhône or Vin de Pays (often named Gard after the department, Laudun is situated in).