The Château Vignelaure is one of the best wineries to follow in Provence.. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Vignelaure wines in Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Vignelaure 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 Vignelaure wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Vignelaure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of spaghetti with "favouilles" (curries), quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or salmon koulibiac.
On the nose the white wine of Château Vignelaure. often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Château Vignelaure. is a powerful.
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The term "Varietal improvers" is gaining ground in Provence, as it is in the neighbouring Languedoc-Roussillon. The most successful local varieties, Mourvèdre, Tibouren and Vermentino (known locally as Rolle), have remained in favor, proving their value in Provence wines, in red, rosé and white respectively. The Vineyards of Provence cover an area of France's southeastern coastline that measures about 200 kilometers from east to west. In this definitely Mediterranean climate - no Provencal vineyard is more than 55 km from the Mediterranean - the vines enjoy about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year, as well as an average annual temperature of 14.
5°C.
How Château Vignelaure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, lamb confit with new potatoes or rabbit legs with fresh cream.
On the nose the red wine of Château Vignelaure. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, red fruit or tobacco. In the mouth the red wine of Château Vignelaure. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Château Vignelaure wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, chinese noodles with shrimp or zucchini quiche.
On the nose the pink wine of Château Vignelaure. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, grapefruit or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Vignelaure. is a with a nice freshness.
Said of a wine rich in alcohol, but in which the mellowness dominates.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
