The Winery Clos du Gravillas of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon

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The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 8 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Minervois in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Winery Clos du Gravillas is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos du Gravillas wines

Looking for the best Winery Clos du Gravillas wines in Minervois among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos du Gravillas 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 Clos du Gravillas wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas

How Winery Clos du Gravillas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta with cherry tomatoes, summer tuna quiche or stuffed potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

On the nose the white wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, orange or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or citrus. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas. is a .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

  • 2019With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas.

  • Terret
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Macabeo
  • Viognier
  • Roussanne

Discovering the wine region of Minervois

Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.

Together with the rarer Lledoner Pelut (or Lladoner Pelut), they must make up at least 60% of the blend. Carignan and Cinsaut are Part of the supporting wines that can represent 40% of the blend. The white wines of the appellation vary considerably in quality and style. They are made from the grape varieties Vermentino, Roussanne, Marsanne, Bourboulenc and Grenache Blanc.

The top red wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas

How Winery Clos du Gravillas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, pasta alla norma or osso bucco.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, plum or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas.

  • Carignan
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Counoise

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas

How Winery Clos du Gravillas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of yassa chicken (senegal) or real chocolate cake.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Clos du Gravillas. often reveals types of flavors of peach, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Clos du Gravillas.

  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: Cooked wine

In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Clos du Gravillas

Planning a wine route in the of Minervois? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Clos du Gravillas.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Clos du Gravillas and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

The word of the wine: Cooked wine

In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.

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