The Fontaine du Clos is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Fontaine du Clos wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Fontaine du Clos 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 Fontaine du Clos wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Fontaine du Clos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef kidney, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or autumn duck aiguillette.
On the nose the red wine of Fontaine du Clos. often reveals types of flavors of pepper, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, smoke or tobacco. In the mouth the red wine of Fontaine du Clos. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Fontaine du Clos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of sauté of pork with chorizo, baked salmon mediterranean style or truffle with saint-nectaire cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Fontaine du Clos. often reveals types of flavors of butter, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Fontaine du Clos. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
How Fontaine du Clos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tuna omelette, shrimp, coconut and ginger soup or spinach and goat cheese quiche.
After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).
How Fontaine du Clos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of whiskey paupiettes, bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod) or nanie's diced ham quiche.
Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.
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