The Winery L'Orpailleur of Quebec

Winery L'Orpailleur - Vin de Glace
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Quebec.
It is located in Quebec

The Winery L'Orpailleur is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Quebec to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery L'Orpailleur wines

Looking for the best Winery L'Orpailleur wines in Quebec among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery L'Orpailleur 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 L'Orpailleur wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery L'Orpailleur

How Winery L'Orpailleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery L'Orpailleur. often reveals types of flavors of apples, apricot or honey and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery L'Orpailleur.

  • Seyval Blanc
  • Vidal

Discovering the wine region of Quebec

Quebec (or Québec in French) is the largest province in Canada, spanning nearly 20 degrees of latitude between 44°N and 62°N. While its Severe continental Climate makes viticulture here extremely challenging, there is indeed a flourishing wine industry. Viticulture is largely confined to the very South of the province aLong the international border with the USA. Cold-hardy HybridGrape varieties such as Marechal Foch, Seyval Blanc and Vidal dominate the Vineyards in the region.

More specifically, most of Quebec's vineyards are located in the area immediately surrounding Montreal on the banks of the St Lawrence River. There are some vineyards near Québec City, 200 kilometers (140 miles) to the northeast. The river valley is fertile, but extremely long winters brought about by Quebec's continental climate mean that vignerons must look to earlier-ripening grape varieties with the ability to withstand extremes of temperature. Quebec produces much less wine than neighboring Ontario, but is noted for the quality of its ice wine.

Even though it accounts for less than 10 percent of the province's total production, it easily realizes the best prices. The thick-skinned Vidal grape is well suited to ice-wine production. Most Quebec wine is consumed locally. The vast majority of it is sold through the state owned Societe des alcools du Québec (SAQ) and the Marche des Saveurs at the vibrant Jean-Talon Market in Montreal.

The top red wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery L'Orpailleur

How Winery L'Orpailleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick meatloaf, veal cutlets with savoy tomme or aiguillettes of duck with paprika and pan-fried ceps.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

On the nose the red wine of Winery L'Orpailleur. often reveals types of flavors of earthy, strawberries or pepper and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery L'Orpailleur. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery L'Orpailleur.

  • Frontenac
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top white wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery L'Orpailleur

How Winery L'Orpailleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, garba ( ivory coast ) or ham and comté quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

On the nose the white wine of Winery L'Orpailleur. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery L'Orpailleur.

  • Seyval Blanc
  • Vidal
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Vidal Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer

The word of the wine: Barbarossa

A black wine and table grape variety grown in Corsica, which is used in the ajaccio appellation.

The top sparkling wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery L'Orpailleur

How Winery L'Orpailleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of ham and cheese omelette, pasta salmon - fresh cream or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery L'Orpailleur. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery L'Orpailleur.

  • Chardonnay
  • Seyval Blanc
  • Vidal

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top pink wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery L'Orpailleur

How Winery L'Orpailleur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

On the nose the pink wine of Winery L'Orpailleur. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery L'Orpailleur

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery L'Orpailleur.

  • Seyval Noir

The word of the wine: Cellar master

The cellar master is the technical manager of a winery (usually a professional oenologist), who presides over and oversees the wine-making process and its maturation. Unlike an oenologist in a wine laboratory, who intervenes on an ad hoc basis to assist the winemaker, the cellar master is part of the estate's technical team.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery L'Orpailleur

Planning a wine route in the of Quebec? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery L'Orpailleur.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

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

News about Winery L'Orpailleur and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Barbarossa

A black wine and table grape variety grown in Corsica, which is used in the ajaccio appellation.