The Winery French Connection of Rhone Valley

Winery French Connection - Brut Champagne
The winery offers 39 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 3211 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhone Valley

The Winery French Connection is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes du Rhône.. It offers 39 wines for sale in of Rhone Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery French Connection wines

Looking for the best Winery French Connection wines in Rhone Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery French Connection 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 French Connection wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery French Connection

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery French Connection

How Winery French Connection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), salmon pizza or rice with shrimps and onions.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery French Connection

In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery French Connection. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery French Connection.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

Discovering 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.

They are separated quite clearly by a 40 km gap between the towns of Valance and Montélimar, where vines are hardly ever grown. This division is reflected not only in the geography and preferred Grape varieties, but also in the quality and quantity of the wines produced. The smaller, more quality-oriented north focuses almost entirely on Syrah for red wines and Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne for whites, while the larger, more prolific south employs a much longer list of grape varieties. Most notable are the red varieties Grenache and Mourvèdre, which are combined with Syrah to produce the "GSM" blend so characteristic of the southern Rhône.

The top white wines of Winery French Connection

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery French Connection

How Winery French Connection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of rabbit socks in gibelotte, obelix's boar leg in the oven or rice with tuna and tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery French Connection

On the nose the white wine of Winery French Connection. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, grapefruit or citrus.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery French Connection

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery French Connection.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Ugni blanc

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

The top red wines of Winery French Connection

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery French Connection

How Winery French Connection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), chicken with merguez and tomatoes or scallops with coconut cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery French Connection

On the nose the red wine of Winery French Connection. often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Winery French Connection. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery French Connection

  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.38/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery French Connection.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Merlot
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea

This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery French Connection

Planning a wine route in the of Rhone Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery French Connection.

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.

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The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea

This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".