The Winery Fontbonne of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Fontbonne - Ll'Alambic Cuvée Merlot
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Fontbonne 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 Fontbonne wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Fontbonne

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fontbonne

How Winery Fontbonne wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of daube niçoise, osso-bucco with asian flavours, funambuline style or forest rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fontbonne

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Fontbonne. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fontbonne

  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fontbonne

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône méridional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Fontbonne.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Fontbonne and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Flow

Action consisting of draining the wine from a vat of red wine (free-run wine), the marc then being pressed to obtain the press wine.