The Winery Charles Gonnet of Vin de Savoie of Savoie

Winery Charles Gonnet
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Savoie.
It is located in Vin de Savoie in the region of Savoie

The Winery Charles Gonnet is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Vin de Savoie to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Charles Gonnet wines

Looking for the best Winery Charles Gonnet wines in Vin de Savoie among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Charles Gonnet 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 Charles Gonnet wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Charles Gonnet

How Winery Charles Gonnet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, sea bream or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

On the nose the white wine of Winery Charles Gonnet. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, cheese or floral and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or vegetal.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

  • 2015With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Charles Gonnet.

  • Altesse
  • Chardonnay
  • Jacquère
  • Roussanne

Discovering the wine region of Vin de Savoie

Vin de Savoie (often written simply as "Savoie") is the main appellation of the Savoie region in the far east of France. This mountainous region located west of the Alps has distinctive wine styles that are rarely seen outside their territory of origin. Most are Dry white wines made from the Altesse, Jacquère and Chasselas grapes. Savoy wines are often described as distinctly "alpine", citing their fresh, Mineral characteristics.

The AOC Vin de Savoie was created in 1973, along with the appellation Roussette de Savoie, which covers the region's Altesse grape wines. Wines labelled simply as Savoie or Vin de Savoie, without an associated cru name, can be white, red, rosé and even Sparkling. White wines are dominated by the most common grape variety in Savoie, Jacquere, but may also contain Chardonnay, Aligote, Mondeuse Blanche, Veltliner Rouge Precoce, Chasselas, Gringet and Altesse. To complicate matters, Marsanne and Verdesse are also allowed, but only in the administrative department of Isère.

However, this represents only a tiny fraction of the appellation's surface area.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Charles Gonnet

How Winery Charles Gonnet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, lamb with coconut milk or chicken leg with curry in the oven.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Charles Gonnet.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. 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. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Charles Gonnet

How Winery Charles Gonnet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast beef with garlic, meatballs catalan style or rib steak, tomato sauce, peppers..

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Charles Gonnet.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Unbalanced

Said of a wine whose different elements are not perceived in a harmonious and pleasant way. This is not necessarily a defect, it can be a wine that is too young and not yet blended.

The top red wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Charles Gonnet

How Winery Charles Gonnet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

On the nose the red wine of Winery Charles Gonnet. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, raspberry or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Charles Gonnet

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Charles Gonnet.

  • Mondeuse Noire

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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Discover the grape variety: Altesse

The Altesse white grape variety is French in origin, but its ancestors were brought from Cyprus. It then developed in the vineyards of the southeast of the country. The Montagnieu fusette or arbane, as it is also called, buds early in the year. A cottony veil covers the first buds. The involuted blade and the U-shaped petiolar sinus distinguish the adult, three-lobed leaves. During, sometimes for late vengeance, the clusters of medium or small size are winged, compact and cylindrical.the fruits reveal a melting pulp under a film of variable color. The pink-tan colour replaces the early reddish yellow when the berries ripen. If they persist, the berries take on a lilac hue. The vinification promises sparkling, aromatic and elegant sweet whites, or dry whites. Altesse is a grape variety to be carefully maintained against acariosis and erinosis.

News about Winery Charles Gonnet and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Unbalanced

Said of a wine whose different elements are not perceived in a harmonious and pleasant way. This is not necessarily a defect, it can be a wine that is too young and not yet blended.