The Winery Charrue of Vaud

Winery Charrue
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 2484 of the estates of Vaud.
It is located in Vaud
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The Winery Charrue is one of the best wineries to follow in Vaud.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Vaud to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Charrue wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Charrue

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Charrue

How Winery Charrue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of blue cord, salmon and cod cassolettes or lasagne.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Charrue

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Chasselas
  • Riesling
  • Sylvaner

Discovering the wine region of Vaud

Vaud is Switzerland's second-largest wine region, located in the French-speaking southwest. The region - which is also one of 26 cantons in the country - is best known for its crisp, white Fendant wines (the national name for the Chasselas variety) and its stunning lakeside landscapes. Both of these reach their zenith in the grand crus of Lavaux/dezaley">Dezaley and Calamin. These famous Lavaux Vineyard terraces, which rise steeply up above Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), are considered of such importance that they are now enjoy protected status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The main Vaud vineyard area arches broadly around Lake Geneva from La Côte, west of Lausanne, via Lavaux (between Lausanne and Montreux to the east) to Chablais, which runs from the lake's edge into the steep-sided Rhone river valley - the gateway to the Valais. North of the lake are a handful of satellite viticultural areas around Lake Neuchâtel, bordering the Neuchatel - Three Lakes area, and along the banks of the Orbe river - grouped into the Côtes de l'Orbe and BonvillarsAOC/AOPs. Vaud is thus flanked by three key Swiss wine regions: Geneva (at the end of the lake to the southwest), Neuchâtel (to the north) and Valais (to the southeast). Just across the Jura Mountains, which form the canton's western edge (the Swiss border with France) is the French portion of the Jura.

Unusually among Swiss wine regions, Vaud produces more white wine than red. Two-thirds of production here is to white wine with the lion's share given over to Fendant/Chasselas, covering just over 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) in the canton - 60 percent of its area. Other than Chasselas, Pinot Noir and Gamay are the next in line in terms of vineyard area, making up just over 20 percent of vineyard area together. Of the two, Pinot Noir is the more popular, boasting 480 hectares (1,100 acres) compared to Gamay's 350 (860 acres).

The top red wines of Winery Charrue

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Charrue

How Winery Charrue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), mature and hard cheese or poultry such as recipes of sardines moroccan style, vincent's tuna mascarpone pizza or chicken in sauce.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Charrue

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Gamaret
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Garanoir

Discover the grape variety: Garanoir

Intraspecific cross between Gamay and Reichensteiner obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). From this same crossbreed, Gamaret and Mara were also born.

The top pink wines of Winery Charrue

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Charrue

How Winery Charrue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, marmite dieppoise or navarin of the sea da gigi.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Charrue

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Pinot Gris
  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Presses

The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.

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.