Winery BalmettesMuscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
Food and wine pairings with Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
Pairings that work perfectly with Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
Original food and wine pairings with Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise
The Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise of Winery Balmettes matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of vegetarian paella or tiramisu (original recipe).
Details and technical informations about Winery Balmettes's Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise.
Discover the grape variety: Bourboulenc
Bourboulenc is mainly grown in the southern part of France. It is a white grape variety that ripens quite late. It can only be harvested around 25 September and for an average of only one month. Bourboulenc is particularly fond of low-lying, but at the same time warm and dry locations. The aroma of this grape variety is not very pronounced, but it has a certain exotic fruit and floral aroma such as broom. The result is a low alcohol wine with subtle and fleeting aromas. Blanquette, bourboulanc, bourboulenque, doucillon, clairette dorée and clairette blanche are all names that can designate bourboulenc. This grape variety is very sensitive to diseases common to all vine plants such as magnesium deficiency, mildew and oidium. Bourboulenc can be used as a table grape. Most French people keep the bunches until Christmas in order to present them on the festive table as desserts.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise from Winery Balmettes are 2015, 2012
Informations about the Winery Balmettes
The Winery Balmettes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise
The wine region of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise is located in the region of Beaumes-de-Venise of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bernardins or the Domaine Alain Ignace produce mainly wines natural sweet, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise are Chardonnay, Mourvèdre and Marsanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Muscat de Beaumes de Venise often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cheese or apples and sometimes also flavors of white peach, raisin or mint.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
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The word of the wine: Baco 22A
A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.
