The Cave Mandolé of Sion of Valais

Cave Mandolé - Chardonnay
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Valais.
It is located in Sion in the region of Valais

The Cave Mandolé is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Sion to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave Mandolé wines

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

The top white wines of Cave Mandolé

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave Mandolé

How Cave Mandolé wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of steamed pork chops, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or nanie's diced ham quiche.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chasselas
  • Humagne Blanche
  • Sylvaner
  • Petite Arvine

Discovering the wine region of Sion

The wine region of Sion is located in the region of Valais of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Les Fils de Charles Favre or the Domaine Les Fils de Charles Favre produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sion are Pinot noir, Chasselas and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sion often reveals types of flavors of game, red currant or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of cassis, cranberry or dried fruit.

In the mouth of Sion is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 23 estates and châteaux in the of Sion, producing 87 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sion go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Cave Mandolé

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave Mandolé

How Cave Mandolé wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, lamb with ginger honey or veal rouelle normande.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave Mandolé

In the mouth the red wine of Cave Mandolé. is a powerful.

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

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

Discover the grape variety: Humagne rouge

It is a variety of Valle d'Aosta origin and, like Arvine, it is also found in Italy. In the past, it was cultivated in Savoy and registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list B, under the name of red humagne, but it is not related to white humagne. According to recent genetic analyses, the Swiss variety Cornalin du Valais is its father and Rèze its grandmother. It is also the grandson of the petit rouge d' Aoste.

The top sweet wines of Cave Mandolé

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Cave Mandolé

How Cave Mandolé wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Cave Mandolé.

  • Malvasia

The word of the wine: Sabrer (champagne)

A cavalier and folkloric way of opening a bottle of champagne by breaking the neck with a sharp blow given with the top of the blade of a sabre.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Cave Mandolé

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

Discover the grape variety: Sylvaner

The sylvaner is grown mainly in Germany and Alsace. The buds are somewhat cottony and the young leaves are green. The same applies to the ribbed branches. Once mature, the dominant colour is golden-green and small elliptical berries with small to medium-sized bunches can be seen. The ripe fruit is then adorned by five-lobed leaves. This variety is susceptible to chlorosis, gray mold, powdery mildew and mildew. It is also sensitive to frost and wind because of its long branches. It can be grown in any kind of soil, although it prefers stony, sandy and light soils. It is indeed moderately acidic and offers a complex set of aromas such as bitter almond, fruity and floral background. The taste has an excellent mixture of honey and candied or dried fruits.

News about Cave Mandolé and wines from the region

North Italy suffers over 100 days of drought

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Vinopolis founder Duncan Vaughan-Arbuckle dies aged 83

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The word of the wine: Sabrer (champagne)

A cavalier and folkloric way of opening a bottle of champagne by breaking the neck with a sharp blow given with the top of the blade of a sabre.