The Domaine de Méjane is one of the best wineries to follow in Savoie.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Savoie to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine de Méjane wines in Savoie among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine de Méjane 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 Domaine de Méjane wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine de Méjane wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of spanish paella, tuna gratin or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Domaine de Méjane. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak.
French Alpine vineyard with unique native grapes. Signature Jacquère in whites (~50% of the vineyard): lively, light dry wines with white flowers, green apple, citrus, fresh almond and a mineral touch, perfect with fondue and raclette. Ampler Altesse (Roussette) (pear, honey, hazelnut). Fruity, peppery Mondeuse reds (cherry, violet, firm tannins), light Gamay and fine Pinot Noir.
Crus: Apremont, Abymes, Chignin, sparkling Seyssel. ~2,000 ha between 200-500 m.
How Domaine de Méjane wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal paupiettes with onions and tomatoes, chicken in red wine or aiguillette of duck with honey.
Elegant, structured reds with a deep ruby robe, firm tannins and fresh alpine acidity of intense red fruits (cherry, raspberry), blackfruit, spices, black pepper, alpine herbs and floral notes (violet). Fine ageing potential. A once near-extinct grape, preserved and now in renaissance for artisanal identity cuvées. Grown in Vin de Savoie AOC and Isère IGP. Native French grape of Savoie and Dauphiné, a rediscovered alpine signature.
How Domaine de Méjane wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, brasucade of mussels from languedoc or turkey blanquette with mushrooms.
Name given locally to various grape varieties, notably pinot gris (Pays nantais) and vermentino (Provence and Corsica).
How Domaine de Méjane wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
How Domaine de Méjane wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, chicken breast with curry and mushrooms or baked dumplings.
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
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Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
