Winery Pierre GaillardRoche d'Hérode Condrieu
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Taste structure of the Roche d'Hérode Condrieu from the Winery Pierre Gaillard
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Roche d'Hérode Condrieu of Winery Pierre Gaillard in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Roche d'Hérode Condrieu
Pairings that work perfectly with Roche d'Hérode Condrieu
Original food and wine pairings with Roche d'Hérode Condrieu
The Roche d'Hérode Condrieu of Winery Pierre Gaillard matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of breton galette with buckwheat flour, salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or salted king's cake with cauliflower.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pierre Gaillard's Roche d'Hérode Condrieu.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Roche d'Hérode Condrieu from Winery Pierre Gaillard are 2016, 2015
Informations about the Winery Pierre Gaillard
The Winery Pierre Gaillard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 52 wines for sale in the of Condrieu to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Condrieu
The wine region of Condrieu is located in the region of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yves Gangloff or the Domaine Georges Vernay produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Condrieu are Viognier, Mourvèdre and Marsanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Condrieu often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, papaya or acacia and sometimes also flavors of yellow apple, biscuits or lemon peel.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Muscat blanc à petits grains
A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.
