Château Villargeil - Rivesaltes

Château VillargeilRivesaltes

4.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Rivesaltes of Château Villargeil is a sweet wine from the region of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or pasta.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with oak taste

caramel

On the nose the Rivesaltes of Château Villargeil in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of honey, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Château Villargeil's Rivesaltes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Abouriou

Abouriou noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Lot-et-Garonne). 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-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The Abouriou noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Last vintages of this wine

Rivesaltes - 1958
In the top 100 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Rivesaltes - 1938
In the top 100 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Rivesaltes from Château Villargeil are 1958, 1938

Informations about the Château Villargeil

The winery offers 6 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rivesaltes in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Château Villargeil is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 30000 of of France wines
In the top 3000 of of Rivesaltes wines
In the top 3000 of sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Rivesaltes

Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic Sweet wines of eastern Roussillon, in the DeepSouth of France. The natural sweet wines produced in this region have been revered since at least the 14th century. The technique used to make them is one of many techniques used for sweet wines. Unlike botrytized wines or ice wines, natural sweet wines are made by Mutage, a process that involves stopping the Fermentation of the must while a high level of natural sweetness remains.


The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

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The word of the wine: Burned

Qualifier, sometimes equivocal, of various odors, ranging from caramel to burnt wood.

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