The Winery Agates of Drôme of Vin de Pays

Winery Agates - Frisson Blanc
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Vin de Pays.
It is located in Drôme in the region of Vin de Pays

The Winery Agates is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Drôme to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Agates wines

Looking for the best Winery Agates wines in Drôme among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Agates 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 Agates wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Agates

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Agates

How Winery Agates wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of peasant minestrone, cannelloni with salmon and spinach or truffle from auvergne.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Agates.

  • Marsanne
  • Viognier
  • Roussanne

Discovering the wine region of Drôme

The wine region of Drôme is located in the region of Méditerranée of Vin de Pays of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lombard or the Domaine de Montine produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Drôme are Viognier, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Drôme often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or leather.

In the mouth of Drôme is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 28 estates and châteaux in the of Drôme, producing 51 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Drôme go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

The top red wines of Winery Agates

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Agates

How Winery Agates wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of harira de mamie (moroccan soup), baked lamb neck on a bed of vegetables and grapes or roast venison with green pepper sauce.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Agates

  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Agates.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Marsanne

Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Agates

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

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

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