The Domaine Louis Clerc of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley

Domaine Louis Clerc - Condrieu
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 324 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône septentrional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Domaine Louis Clerc is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône septentrional.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Rhône septentrional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Louis Clerc wines

Looking for the best Domaine Louis Clerc wines in Rhône septentrional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Louis Clerc 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 Louis Clerc wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine Louis Clerc

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Louis Clerc

How Domaine Louis Clerc 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 simple pork roast, raw salmon marinade with vinegars or snail and comté pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Louis Clerc

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Louis Clerc. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Louis Clerc

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.56/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Louis Clerc.

  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Rhône septentrional

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.

The top red wines of Domaine Louis Clerc

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Louis Clerc

How Domaine Louis Clerc wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, mathieu's lamb tagine or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Louis Clerc

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Louis Clerc. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of dark fruit, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Louis Clerc. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Louis Clerc

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Louis Clerc.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Louis Clerc

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône septentrional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Louis Clerc.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot khorus

An interspecific cross between Merlot noir and Kozma 20-3 (also the same parents of Merlot Khantus) obtained in 2002 by Simone Diego Castellarin and Guido Cipriani at the Institute of Applied Genomics in Udine, Italy. Merlot khorus is particularly resistant to mildew and tolerant to powdery mildew. Known in Italy ... almost unknown in France, not registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties.

News about Domaine Louis Clerc and wines from the region

Château Latour owner Artémis invests in Champagne Jacquesson

Artémis Domaines has taken a minority stake in the capital of Jacquesson in Champagne, the groups said in a statement this week. Financial details weren’t disclosed. The partnership marks a new departure for Artémis, owned by the Pinault family. Alongside Château Latour, the group’s portfolio already includes Eisele Vineyard estate in Napa Valley, Clos de Tart in Burgundy and Château-Grillet in the Rhône. Maison Jacquesson traces its history back to 1798 and has been owned by the Chiquet family ...

Gérard Basset Foundation launches wine scholarships for victims of war

The Gérard Basset Foundation has partnered with Artémis Domaines to offer The Golden Vines Victims of Conflict Scholarships. Artémis Domaines is the owner of famed estates Château Latour (Bordeaux), Clos de Tart (Burgundy), Domaine d’Eugénie (Burgundy), Château Grillet (Rhône) and Eisele Vineyard (California). The scholarships will ‘support qualified wine industry professionals who are victims of war and geopolitical conflict’, said the group. Successful scholars will be offered six months of vi ...

Buying wine en primeur: How to approach it

Colin Hay, a professor of political economy with a special interest in the Place de Bordeaux, considers the different ways of approaching en primeur purchasing, ahead of this year’s 2021 campaign. Buying en primeur wines is a rather strange and, arguably, arcane system of buying and selling in which the consumer purchases the wine typically in the early summer following the vintage even though it will not be bottled and delivered for a further 12-18 months. It is, in effect, a futures mark ...

The word of the wine: Bitter

Normal for certain young red wines rich in tannin, bitterness is in other cases a defect due to a bacterial disease.