The best wines of Hautes-Alpes

Discover the best wines of Hautes-Alpes of Pays d'Oc as well as the best winemakers of Hautes-Alpes and estates of Hautes-Alpes to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Hautes-Alpes and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Hautes-Alpes by region

Looking for a good wine of Hautes-Alpes of Pays d'Oc among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Hautes-Alpes. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Hautes-Alpes with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Hautes-Alpes

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Hautes-Alpes

Red wines from the region of Hautes-Alpes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie, duck breast with foie gras sauce or lamb chops with figs and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Hautes-Alpes

On the nose the red wine of the region of Hautes-Alpes. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.55/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • Merlot
  • Mollard
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grenache
  • Cabernet Franc

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Hautes-Alpes

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Discovering the wine region of Hautes-Alpes

The wine region of Hautes-Alpes is located in the region of Méditerranée of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de Tresbaudon or the La Cave des Hautes Vignes produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hautes-Alpes are Merlot, Mollard and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hautes-Alpes often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

We currently count 9 estates and châteaux in the of Hautes-Alpes, producing 47 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hautes-Alpes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Great white wines of Hautes-Alpes

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Hautes-Alpes

White wines from the region of Hautes-Alpes go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or pork such as recipes of chicken breast with curry and mushrooms, gaufress and light or stuffed tomatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Hautes-Alpes

On the nose the white wine of the region of Hautes-Alpes. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in white wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Roussanne
  • Clairette
  • Verdesse
  • Viognier

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Hautes-Alpes

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Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

Great sparkling wines of Hautes-Alpes

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Hautes-Alpes

Sparkling wines from the region of Hautes-Alpes go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of chicken risotto with curry or gaufress and light.

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • Mollard
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Ugni blanc

The word of the wine: Farm

Wine dominated by a strong acidity and/or biting tannins. In this case, the components of the wine need to melt, i.e. to harmonize during the maturation in the cellar.

Great pink wines of Hautes-Alpes

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Hautes-Alpes

Pink wines from the region of Hautes-Alpes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or lamb such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce or lamb tagine with artichokes and dried tomatoes.

The best vintages in pink wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Hautes-Alpes

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cinsault
  • Mollard
  • Carignan
  • Muscatel

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Hautes-Alpes

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Discover the grape variety: Muscatel

Great sweet wines of Hautes-Alpes

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Hautes-Alpes

Sweet wines from the region of Hautes-Alpes go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Passerillage

Concentration of the grape by drying out, under the influence of wind or sun, as opposed to botrytisation, which is the concentration obtained by the development of the "noble rot" for which Botrytis cinerea is responsible. The word is mainly used for sweet wines.