The Winery Abbaye de Salaz of Ollon of Vaud

Winery Abbaye de Salaz - Chardonnay
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Vaud.
It is located in Ollon in the region of Vaud

The Winery Abbaye de Salaz is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Ollon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Abbaye de Salaz wines

Looking for the best Winery Abbaye de Salaz wines in Ollon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Abbaye de Salaz wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Abbaye de Salaz wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Abbaye de Salaz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Abbaye de Salaz

How Winery Abbaye de Salaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sauté of pork with chorizo, sea sauerkraut with white wine or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Abbaye de Salaz

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Abbaye de Salaz.

  • Chardonnay
  • Mondeuse Blanche

Discovering the wine region of Ollon

The wine region of Ollon is located in the region of Chablais of Vaud of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bernard Cavé or the Domaine La Combaz produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Ollon are Pinot noir, Chasselas and Gamaret, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Ollon often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

In the mouth of Ollon is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 16 estates and châteaux in the of Ollon, producing 65 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Ollon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork.

The top red wines of Winery Abbaye de Salaz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Abbaye de Salaz

How Winery Abbaye de Salaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of potato cakes, cod crumble with coconut milk or pesto pasta salad.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Abbaye de Salaz.

  • Chasselas
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Abbaye de Salaz

Planning a wine route in the of Ollon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Abbaye de Salaz.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Abbaye de Salaz and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes

While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...

The word of the wine: Wine vinegar

Product of acetic fermentation of wine.

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