The Winery Les Collines of Côtes-du-Rhône of Rhone Valley

Winery Les Collines - Chateauneuf-du-pape
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 661 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Côtes-du-Rhône in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Les Collines is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes-du-Rhône.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Côtes-du-Rhône to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Collines wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Les Collines

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Collines

How Winery Les Collines wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes stuffed moroccan style with..., country-style snow peas or quick coconut milk chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Les Collines

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Les Collines

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.66/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

Discovering the wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône

The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Beaucastel or the Chateau de Fonsalette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Marsanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, red plum or sour cherry and sometimes also flavors of truffle, juniper or clove.

In the mouth of Côtes-du-Rhône is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 1765 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes-du-Rhône, producing 4241 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes-du-Rhône go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Les Collines

Planning a wine route in the of Côtes-du-Rhône? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Les Collines.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Les Collines and wines from the region

Walls: top northern Rhône reds under £30

In preparation for this column I tasted 46 reds in total, and – taking both quality and value into account – I can recommend 33 of them. Overall, the reds were less consistent than the whites, and although the lows were lower, the highs were higher. This tasting confirmed that it’s still possible to buy genuinely excellent northern Rhône reds for under £30 in the UK. That being said, it’s virtually impossible to find any Cornas, Côte-Rôtie or Hermitage for under £30 a bottle these days, but ther ...

Gigondas to produce white wines

At a national committee meeting held on Thursday 8th September, members of the Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) voted unanimously to ratify the change to the appellation guidelines to allow white wines into AP Gigondas. A working group of growers and négociants has been pursuing the amendment for 11 years. The amendment states that white Gigondas must contain a minimum 70% Clairette. Other permitted varieties include Bourboulenc, Clairette Rose, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blan ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine Font de Courtedune, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Establishing a vineyard isn’t something you just rush into these days. Identifying the right site, carrying out soil analysis, selecting suitable rootstocks and varieties, procuring equipment… We’ve made a lot of progress in the past 80 years. But perhaps we overthink such things. Some estates, such as Domaine Font de Courtedune, have grown organically, with major decisions often being made for practical, rather than stylistic, reasons. And the results, from Côtes-du-Rhône to Châteauneuf-du-Pape ...

The word of the wine: Table wine

Everything that is not VQPRD (European designation for all appellation wines: quality wine produced in a specific region). In principle, the bottom of the ladder. But, as in Italy a decade ago (Vino da Tavola), this category is also a refuge for wines that are out of the ordinary, whose producers refuse to accept certain grape variety or vinification dictates.