Château FortiaÉdmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Taste structure of the Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc from the Château Fortia
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc of Château Fortia in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc of Château Fortia in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of butter, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
The Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc of Château Fortia matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, chinchards with white wine and grapes or baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese).
Details and technical informations about Château Fortia's Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Édmée Le Roy Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc from Château Fortia are 2018
Informations about the Château Fortia
The Château Fortia is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Character
Said of a typical wine that stands out for its originality. Used in the plural, it refers to all the organoleptic components of a wine (flavours and tactile sensations).
