The Winery Canet-Valette of Saint-Chinian of Languedoc-Roussillon

Winery Canet-Valette
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Saint-Chinian in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Canet-Valette is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Saint-Chinian to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Canet-Valette wines

Looking for the best Winery Canet-Valette wines in Saint-Chinian among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Canet-Valette 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 Canet-Valette wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Canet-Valette

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Canet-Valette

How Winery Canet-Valette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pasta such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, sauté of veal with corsican style or meat lasagna.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Canet-Valette

On the nose the red wine of Winery Canet-Valette. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blueberry or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Canet-Valette. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Canet-Valette

  • 2000With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Canet-Valette.

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

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Chinian

Saint-Chinian is an appellation in the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It is located between Minervois and Faugeres, which produce similar styles of robust red wine from similar grapes and in a similar landscape. It is also adjacent to the Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois appellation, which produces Sweet white wines. Therefore, the diversity of the Languedoc region is well demonstrated in this small area.

The AOC Saint-Chinian title was created in 1982, for red and rosé wines only. In 2005, white wines were introduced into the appellation, made from Grenache Blanc, Marsanne and Roussanne. Carbonically macerated Carignan used to characterize the production of Saint-Chinian, but it is gradually being replaced by more Complex wines produced from Syrah, Grenache and Lladoner Pelut. Similarly, the quantity of white wine is increasing.

The top white wines of Winery Canet-Valette

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Canet-Valette

How Winery Canet-Valette wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta salmon - fresh cream, zucchini quiche or special' tagliatelle carbonara.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Canet-Valette

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Canet-Valette. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Canet-Valette

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Canet-Valette.

  • Clairette
  • Piquepoul Blanc

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.

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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.

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