Top 100 red wines of Lavaux
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Lavaux of Lavaux as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Lavaux and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Lavaux
The wine region of Lavaux is located in the region of Vaud of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Louis Bovard or the Château de Chillon produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lavaux are Chasselas, Pinot noir and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lavaux often reveals types of flavors of peach, cheese or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, floral or citrus fruit.
In the mouth of Lavaux is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 97 estates and châteaux in the of Lavaux, producing 230 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lavaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.
Discover the grape variety: Dunkelfelder
Intraspecific crossing between the madeleine angevine and the dyer of Cher obtained in 1928 by Gustav Adolf (1847/1912) of the Research Institute in Geinsenheim (Germany). We can meet it certainly in Germany but also in Belgium, in Switzerland, in England, in the United States, in Canada... almost unknown in France. It should not be confused with the dornfelder, also of German origin.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Lavaux
red wines from the region of Lavaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew) or pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Lavaux
On the nose in the region of Lavaux often reveals types of flavors of cream, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of Lavaux is a with a nice freshness.
