The Winery Balma Vénitia is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 85 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Balma Vénitia wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Balma Vénitia 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 Balma Vénitia wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Balma Vénitia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, blanquette of lamb or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Balma Vénitia. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or cassis and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, minerality or earthy. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Balma Vénitia. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.
However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.
How Winery Balma Vénitia 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 cantonese rice, marmite dieppoise or celery, apple and comté salad for kids.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Balma Vénitia. often reveals types of flavors of peach, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Balma Vénitia. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
How Winery Balma Vénitia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or beef such as recipes of seafood pastilla, the coughing cat's apple crumble or quick beef bourguignon.
On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Balma Vénitia. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, non oak or floral and sometimes also flavors of pear, citrus or tropical.
A wine whose nose is first characterized by aromas reminiscent of the world of fruit. A wine to be drunk young is essentially fruity, but all wines offer this type of aroma in the first place, which can evolve over time, from the scent of fresh fruit to cooked, stewed, candied or brandied fruit.
How Winery Balma Vénitia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of salted lentils, leek and salmon lasagna or waterzooï of the sea.
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.
How Winery Balma Vénitia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, quick smoked salmon croque-monsieur or baeckeoffe with fish.
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).
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Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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 small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.
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A wine whose nose is first characterized by aromas reminiscent of the world of fruit. A wine to be drunk young is essentially fruity, but all wines offer this type of aroma in the first place, which can evolve over time, from the scent of fresh fruit to cooked, stewed, candied or brandied fruit.
