The Cave le Bosset of Leytron of Valais

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The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Valais.
It is located in Leytron in the region of Valais

The Cave le Bosset is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Leytron to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave le Bosset wines

Looking for the best Cave le Bosset wines in Leytron among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave le Bosset 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 le Bosset wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Cave le Bosset

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave le Bosset

How Cave le Bosset wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, chakchouka or shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave le Bosset

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave le Bosset.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Humagne Rouge
  • Diolinoir
  • Gamay
  • Gamaret

Discovering the wine region of Leytron

The wine region of Leytron is located in the region of Valais of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gilbert Devayes or the Domaine Defayes et Crettenand produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Leytron are Pinot noir, Humagne rouge and Diolinoir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Leytron often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

In the mouth of Leytron is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 13 estates and châteaux in the of Leytron, producing 77 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Leytron go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Cave le Bosset

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave le Bosset

How Cave le Bosset wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, yellow risotto with mussels or coconut chicken.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave le Bosset

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave le Bosset.

  • Marsanne
  • Petite Arvine
  • Humagne Blanche
  • Johannisberg
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave le Bosset

Planning a wine route in the of Leytron? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Cave le Bosset.

Discover the grape variety: Savagnin

Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.

News about Cave le Bosset and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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: Dryer

Term that characterizes a hard and tannic wine.