The Domaine des Menades of Genève

Domaine des Menades
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 37 of the estates of Genève.
It is located in Genève

The Domaine des Menades is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Genève to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine des Menades wines

Looking for the best Domaine des Menades wines in Genève among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine des Menades 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 des Menades wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine des Menades

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine des Menades

How Domaine des Menades wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of endive frichti, pasta gratin or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine des Menades

In the mouth the white wine of Domaine des Menades. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine des Menades

  • 0With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine des Menades.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chasselas
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Genève

Switzerland's 3rd wine canton, a modern and diverse expression. Fleshy Gamay as the signature red: fruity and crunchy with notes of cherry, raspberry and sweet spices, supple tannins. Fine Pinot Noir (undergrowth, red fruits), spicy, dense Gamaret, deep Garanoir. Whites: historic Chasselas (mineral and floral), ample Chardonnay (pear, brioche), round Pinot Blanc.

~1,400 ha across three regions: Mandement (Satigny), Entre Arve et Rhône, Entre Arve et Lac.

The top red wines of Domaine des Menades

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine des Menades

How Domaine des Menades wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of oxtail confit in red wine, lamb stew or veal shank in a pot au feu with star anise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine des Menades

On the nose the red wine of Domaine des Menades. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine des Menades. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine des Menades

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine des Menades.

  • Gamaret
  • Garanoir
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chasselas

Light, lively whites with a tender palate and low acidity, with discreet aromas of fresh hazelnut, white flowers, light honey, apple and strongly terroir-driven mineral notes ("chameleon wine" of Swiss soils). Made as dry, often slightly sparkling whites. Absolute star of Vaud (Dézaley, Calamin, Lavaux Grand Cru) and Valais (Fendant) in Switzerland. Also in Pouilly-sur-Loire AOC and the German Jura. Excellent table grape.

The top pink wines of Domaine des Menades

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine des Menades

How Domaine des Menades wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken with rice for cookeo robot, chicken drumstick with bacon or duck legs confit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine des Menades

  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine des Menades.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Stripped

Said of a wine that is generally too old and has lost its colour, volume and power.

The top sweet wines of Domaine des Menades

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine des Menades

How Domaine des Menades wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Domaine des Menades

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Garanoir

Supple and fruity reds with a purple colour and melted tannins, on aromas of cherry, raspberry, blackberry, sweet spices and floral notes. Round palate, fresh finish, more tender and approachable young than its sibling Gamaret. Vinified as a thirst-quenching single variety and in modern red blends with Gamaret, Gamay and Pinot Noir in Swiss Romandy (Vaud, Geneva, Valais). A cross of Gamay × Reichensteiner created in 1970 at the Pully station, same lineage as Gamaret.