The Cave de la Visitation of Côtes-du-Rhône of Rhone Valley

Cave de la Visitation - Condrieu
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 448 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Côtes-du-Rhône in the region of Rhone Valley

The Cave de la Visitation is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes-du-Rhône.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Côtes-du-Rhône to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave de la Visitation wines

Looking for the best Cave de la Visitation wines in Côtes-du-Rhône among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave de la Visitation 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 Cave de la Visitation wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Cave de la Visitation

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave de la Visitation

How Cave de la Visitation 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 bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), tomato pie without tomato... or cucumber skin julienne.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cave de la Visitation

On the nose the white wine of Cave de la Visitation. often reveals types of flavors of banana, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave de la Visitation

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave de la Visitation.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne

Discovering the wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône

The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Beaucastel or the Chateau de Fonsalette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Marsanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, red plum or sour cherry and sometimes also flavors of truffle, juniper or clove.

In the mouth of Côtes-du-Rhône is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 1765 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes-du-Rhône, producing 4241 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes-du-Rhône go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese.

The top red wines of Cave de la Visitation

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave de la Visitation

How Cave de la Visitation wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, baked lamb neck on a bed of vegetables and grapes or duck breast with black figs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave de la Visitation

On the nose the red wine of Cave de la Visitation. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of leather, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Cave de la Visitation. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave de la Visitation

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave de la Visitation.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave de la Visitation

Planning a wine route in the of Côtes-du-Rhône? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Cave de la Visitation.

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.

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The word of the wine: Virile

Said of a robust, full-bodied wine and, in general, of wines reputed to be powerful in reference to masculine virility.