The Winery Andre Mejan of Tavel of Rhone Valley

Winery Andre Mejan - Canto Perdrix Tavel Rosé
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the La Compagnie Rhodanienne.
It is ranked in the top 12 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Tavel in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Andre Mejan is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Tavel to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Andre Mejan wines

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

The top pink wines of Winery Andre Mejan

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Andre Mejan

How Winery Andre Mejan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of capellini with prosciutto, tuna flan with leek coulis or shrimps with curry and coconut milk.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Andre Mejan

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Andre Mejan.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan
  • Cinsault
  • Clairette
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Tavel

The wine region of Tavel is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine L'Anglore - Eric Pfifferling or the Domaine de la Mordoree produce mainly wines pink, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Tavel are Mourvèdre, Clairette and Bourboulenc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Tavel often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or almonds and sometimes also flavors of mint, smoke or oaky.

In the mouth of Tavel is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 112 estates and châteaux in the of Tavel, producing 189 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Tavel go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

The top red wines of Winery Andre Mejan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Andre Mejan

How Winery Andre Mejan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, lamb with vermicelli or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Andre Mejan

On the nose the red wine of Winery Andre Mejan. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Andre Mejan. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Andre Mejan

  • 2010With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Andre Mejan

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

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Winery Andre Mejan and wines from the region

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

Lirac & Tavel 2020: report and top-scoring wines

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Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

At the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest wine competition saw its biggest year to date, with 18,094 wines tasted from 56 countries. Over 15 consecutive days in June 2021, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals. Join Decanter at our Fine Wine Encounter NYC this June, where you will have the opportunity to sample 23 of these top awarded Gold, Plati ...

The word of the wine: Black Grenache

Grenache is a black grape variety that originated in Spain and is one of the great quality varieties of southern France. Sometimes vinified on its own, it is most often blended with one or more other Rhone or southern grape varieties with complementary qualities such as Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan or Cinsault. Its wines are warm, with aromas of red fruits (cherry) and spices; they oxidize with time. Vinified alone or in very large proportions, Grenache Noir also makes great natural sweet wines in Roussillon (Rivesaltes, Banyuls, Maury) and in the Rhône Valley (Rasteau).