The Château d'Auvernier is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Neuchâtel to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château d'Auvernier wines in Neuchâtel among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château d'Auvernier 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 d'Auvernier wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château d'Auvernier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of leek and salmon lasagna, mussels with rosemary and barbecue or 3 cheese ravioli gratin.
On the nose the white wine of Château d'Auvernier. often reveals types of flavors of apples, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Château d'Auvernier. is a with a nice freshness.
Neuchatel is one of the smaller wine regions of Switzerland, located in the French-speaking western half of the country, North of the much larger Vaud area. Much like its neighbour, Chasselas dominates white plantings here, however Pinot Noir is more significant here, as is the reputation of Neuchatel's rosés.
The region is generally referred to as the 'Three Lakes' as the region - and the four AOCs within it - are found on the relatively low-lying, flatter land, centered around the lakes of Morat, Bienne and Neuchatel.
The region also covers three neighbouring Swiss cantons.
AOPs Cheyres and Vully occupy 105 (260 acres) of the canton of Fribourg (on the shores of Lac de Neuchatel and Morat, respectively), while the Lac de Bienne, or Bielersee (for the generally Swiss-German speaking people of Bern) denomination takes up 222 hectares (550 acres) of the canton of Bern on the lake of Bienne.
The lion's share of the AOP, around 605 hectares (1,500 acres), is in the canton of Neuchatel, mainly on the north shore of the eponymous lake, in the Neuchatel AOP.
Overall, this puts the wine region on what the Swiss refer to as "la plaine" - a relatively flat area of land from Geneva through Bern to ZuRich, sandwiched to the north by the Jura and to the South by the Alps.
The Vineyards here are on relatively low-lying, flatter land, centered around the lakes.
Soils here are light and stony, generally Jurassic and rich in limestone. However, areas with more clay and vigour can also be found.
The Climate is moderated significantly by the presence of the lakes, which prevent summer temperatures from rising dramatically and also dampen the effects of frost and snow in winter. Neuchatel has about-average rainfall of around 1,000mm (39 inches) per year.
How Château d'Auvernier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cornish pasties, flights in the wind à la provençale or wild boar with honey.
On the nose the red wine of Château d'Auvernier. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, red fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, lemon or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Château d'Auvernier. is a with a nice freshness.
Intraspecific cross between Gamay and Reichensteiner obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). From this same crossbreed, Gamaret and Mara were also born.
How Château d'Auvernier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sauté of pork with carrots and potatoes, penne à la toscane or rabbit sautéed hunter.
On the nose the pink wine of Château d'Auvernier. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit.
1) Glass container with a narrow neck used to aerate or decant the wine. 2) Decanter wines: wines that are drunk young and that were once drawn directly from the barrel. For example, some Muscadets or Beaujolais.
How Château d'Auvernier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lemon and tuna risotto, shrimps with curry and coconut milk or salad with 4 cheeses and 2 fruits.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
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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.
