The Winery Agates of Drôme of Méditerranée

Winery Agates
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 Méditerranée.
It is located in Drôme in the region of Méditerranée

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 sauté of pork with chorizo, braids of sole and salmon with morels or beet greens and black sesame seeds pie.

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 roast monkfish with bacon, lamb fillet with monbazillac or duck breast with orange 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: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

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: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Agates and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Prissé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vinzelles, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

The word of the wine: Sparkling

Equivalent to effervescent, this term is used among others to designate the "natural sparkling wines" produced in the Montlouis appellation.