The Domaine Monachon of Lavaux of Vaud

Domaine Monachon - Merlot
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Vaud.
It is located in Lavaux in the region of Vaud

The Domaine Monachon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Lavaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Monachon wines

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

The top red wines of Domaine Monachon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Monachon

How Domaine Monachon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of vegetable noddles, chaouia lamb or veal tagine with peas.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Monachon

  • 2015With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Monachon.

  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Mara
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Gamay
  • Diolinoir

Discovering the wine region of Lavaux

The wine region of Lavaux is located in the region of Vaud of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Louis Bovard or the Château de Chillon produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lavaux are Chasselas, Pinot noir and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lavaux often reveals types of flavors of peach, cheese or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, floral or citrus fruit.

In the mouth of Lavaux is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 97 estates and châteaux in the of Lavaux, producing 230 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lavaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian.

The top white wines of Domaine Monachon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Monachon

How Domaine Monachon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of potato cakes, pan-fried swordfish with herbs or cod fillet with shallots and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Monachon

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Monachon. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Monachon. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Monachon

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.65/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Monachon.

  • Chasselas
  • Johannisberg

Discover the grape variety: Chasselas

Chasselas rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape used to make wine. However, it can also be found eating on our tables! This variety of vine is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. Chasselas rosé can be found in several vineyards: Alsace, South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Monachon

Planning a wine route in the of Lavaux? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Monachon.

Discover the grape variety: Diolinoir

Intraspecific cross between robin noir and pinot noir obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet of the Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wadenswil (Switzerland).

News about Domaine Monachon and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Tributes paid to Paul Pender

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The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.