The Château Valcombe is one of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Ventoux to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Valcombe wines in Ventoux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Valcombe 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 Château Valcombe wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Valcombe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or rabbit fillet with mustard.
On the nose the red wine of Château Valcombe. often reveals types of flavors of plum, pepper or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Valcombe. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
High-altitude, cool southern Rhône (below the 1,912 m Giant of Provence): signature reds from Grenache and Syrah — round and supple with notes of cherry, raspberry, garrigue, pepper and a truffle touch with age, melted tannins, natural freshness and easy drinking (vs the sun-baked plains wines). Carignan, Cinsault and Mourvèdre as support. Lively, crunchy rosés (raspberry, flowers). Ample whites of Clairette, Roussanne, Bourboulenc, Vermentino.
AOC (1973), 5,700 ha on limestone and clay.
How Château Valcombe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lentils and morteau sausages, tuna omelette or gratin in pink and blue.
In the mouth the white wine of Château Valcombe. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Aromatic and elegant whites, rich yet lifted by fine freshness, with hawthorn, honeysuckle, apricot, pear, honey, green tea, mineral and herbal notes. Fine ageing potential. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with marsanne, and one of the 13 permitted grapes at Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Native Rhône variety.
How Château Valcombe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of flemish carbonnade, cod rougail or lobster and scallops on a bed of leeks.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Valcombe. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, strawberries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit.
The tertiary aromas that develop during aging and characterize the wine at its peak. This term is improperly used to refer to the aromas of a wine in general.
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Supple, sun-drenched reds with a deep ruby robe, smooth tannins and moderate acidity, with intense aromas of ripe red fruit (strawberry, raspberry, candied cherry), garrigue (thyme, bay), white pepper, kirsch and soft spice. Ample, warm palate. Absolute pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Gigondas, Côtes-du-Rhône, Tavel rosé, Priorat DOQ, Rioja (as Garnacha) and star of naturally sweet wines (Banyuls, Maury, Rasteau). Autochthonous Mediterranean variety from Aragon.
