The Winery Clefs des Papes of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Clefs des Papes - Châteauneuf-Du-Pape Blanc
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Wines Tree.
It is ranked in the top 971 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Clefs des Papes is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clefs des Papes wines

Looking for the best Winery Clefs des Papes wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clefs des Papes 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 Clefs des Papes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Clefs des Papes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Clefs des Papes

How Winery Clefs des Papes 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 pan-fried black pudding with apples, sea bream in foil on the barbecue or pasta gratin with comté cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Clefs des Papes

On the nose the white wine of Winery Clefs des Papes. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, microbio or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Clefs des Papes

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Clefs des Papes.

  • Roussanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Bourboulenc

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.

However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.

The top red wines of Winery Clefs des Papes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clefs des Papes

How Winery Clefs des Papes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cornish pasties, saddle of lamb stuffed with chicken breast and basil or auvergne potée.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clefs des Papes

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clefs des Papes. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, clove or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clefs des Papes. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clefs des Papes

  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Clefs des Papes.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Clefs des Papes and wines from the region

Walls: Tasting Hermitage 2001 20 years on

In 2001, George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States. Meanwhile in the UK, Tony Blair led the Labour Party to its second landslide victory. A lot can change over the course of 20 years. According to many Rhône winemakers and wine collectors, this is how long a bottle of Hermitage should lay undisturbed until you open it. Is it really worth the wait? I recently tasted 11 Hermitage 2001s – seven red, two white, two sweet – to test the 20 year hypothesis and see how these ...

Walls: Tavel and its unexpected revolution

When asked which is the most exciting appellation in the Rhône, there’s one that currently springs to mind before all others: Tavel. I have to be honest with you: I don’t buy much rosé. So, given that Tavel is, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘one of France’s few all-rosé appellations,’ my response might be unexpected. The Oxford Companion is technically correct, of course – the wines made here are paler than a typical red wine. But compared to other rosés, that’s where the comparison ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: Aroma

A pleasant smell that can be primary (or varietal, i.e. characteristic of the grape), secondary (resulting from fermentation) or tertiary (resulting from the aging of the wine in the bottle).

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