The Winery La Colombe of Vaud

Winery La Colombe - Pinot Noir
The winery offers 39 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Vaud.
It is located in Vaud

The Winery La Colombe is one of the world's great estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in of Vaud to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Colombe wines

Looking for the best Winery La Colombe wines in Vaud among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Colombe 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 La Colombe wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery La Colombe

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Colombe

How Winery La Colombe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, gigolette of rabbit or rabbit with onions and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Colombe

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Colombe. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, coffee or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Colombe. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Colombe

  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Colombe.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Garanoir
  • Gamaret
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Vaud

Vaud is Switzerland's second-largest wine region, located in the French-speaking southwest. The region - which is also one of 26 cantons in the country - is best known for its crisp, white Fendant wines (the national name for the Chasselas variety) and its stunning lakeside landscapes. Both of these reach their zenith in the grand crus of Lavaux/dezaley">Dezaley and Calamin. These famous Lavaux Vineyard terraces, which rise steeply up above Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), are considered of such importance that they are now enjoy protected status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The main Vaud vineyard area arches broadly around Lake Geneva from La Côte, west of Lausanne, via Lavaux (between Lausanne and Montreux to the east) to Chablais, which runs from the lake's edge into the steep-sided Rhone river valley - the gateway to the Valais. North of the lake are a handful of satellite viticultural areas around Lake Neuchâtel, bordering the Neuchatel - Three Lakes area, and along the banks of the Orbe river - grouped into the Côtes de l'Orbe and BonvillarsAOC/AOPs. Vaud is thus flanked by three key Swiss wine regions: Geneva (at the end of the lake to the southwest), Neuchâtel (to the north) and Valais (to the southeast). Just across the Jura Mountains, which form the canton's western edge (the Swiss border with France) is the French portion of the Jura.

Unusually among Swiss wine regions, Vaud produces more white wine than red. Two-thirds of production here is to white wine with the lion's share given over to Fendant/Chasselas, covering just over 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres) in the canton - 60 percent of its area. Other than Chasselas, Pinot Noir and Gamay are the next in line in terms of vineyard area, making up just over 20 percent of vineyard area together. Of the two, Pinot Noir is the more popular, boasting 480 hectares (1,100 acres) compared to Gamay's 350 (860 acres).

The top white wines of Winery La Colombe

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Colombe

How Winery La Colombe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of blue cord, salmon cannelloni or chicken maffé (africa).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Colombe

On the nose the white wine of Winery La Colombe. often reveals types of flavors of apples, straw or oak and sometimes also flavors of apricot, citrus fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery La Colombe. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Colombe

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Colombe.

  • Chasselas
  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay
  • Doral
  • Savagnin
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc

Pinot Blanc is a grape variety that originated in Burgundy, mutated from Pinot Gris. Today, it is grown in Alsace where it is called klevner when blended with auxerrois. The continental climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, is particularly suited to pinot blanc. It is resistant to frost in winter and in summer, the roots draw the minerals it needs from the warm soil. Its bunches are made up of small berries with thick skins and melting pulp that produce fruity, spicy wines, balanced between acidity and alcohol. pinot blanc is also used for crémants and sparkling wines. Pinot Blanc is also used for Crémant and sparkling wines. It is widely grown in Italy, where it covers almost 7,000 hectares, and is also found in Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa.

The top pink wines of Winery La Colombe

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery La Colombe

How Winery La Colombe wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal chop with rosemary, meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery) or mixed paella valenciana.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery La Colombe.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Fade

Wine lacking in sapidity, flat, soft and without character.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery La Colombe and wines from the region

EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines

Following a recent modification of EU rules, member states are now allowed to employ resistant varieties in the production of wines with protected denominations of origin (PDO). The decision, published last week in the Official Journal of the European Union, is part of a wider revision of previous regulations that established common quality schemes, organisation of the market, definitions, descriptions, presentations, and labelling of European agricultural products and foodstuffs. Before the ann ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Fade

Wine lacking in sapidity, flat, soft and without character.