Top 100 wines of La Côte - Page 8
Discover the top 100 best wines of La Côte of La Côte as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of La Côte and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of La Côte
Largest Vaud wine appellation (52% of the canton), 2,007 ha arcing around Lake Geneva between Geneva and Lausanne. Signature Chasselas (90% of the traditional vineyard): lively, fruity whites with signature notes of white flowers, citrus, fresh almond and gunflint, taut, mineral palate — the Swiss aperitif wine par excellence. Also fine silky Pinot Noir, fruity Gamay in red. 14 AOC villages including Fechy, Mont-sur-Rolle, Luins.
Land of the great wine chateaux.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of La Côte
wines from the region of La Côte go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of fish balls, parsley knives or coconut chicken curry in thermomix.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of La Côte
On the nose in the region of La Côte often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of La Côte is a with a nice freshness.
