The Winery La Cour du Couvent of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' of Rhone Valley

Winery La Cour du Couvent - Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu'
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery La Cour du Couvent is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Cour du Couvent wines

Looking for the best Winery La Cour du Couvent wines in Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Cour du Couvent 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 La Cour du Couvent wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery La Cour du Couvent

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Cour du Couvent

How Winery La Cour du Couvent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, royal couscous or wild boar stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Cour du Couvent

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Cour du Couvent. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Cour du Couvent. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Cour du Couvent

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Cour du Couvent.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu'

The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' is located in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Calendal or the Domaine Les Aphillanthes produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' are Mourvèdre, Marsanne and Roussanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' often reveals types of flavors of cream, star anise or almonds and sometimes also flavors of fig, dark fruit or cedar.

In the mouth of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 158 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu', producing 206 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu' go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages 'Plan de Dieu'? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery La Cour du Couvent.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery La Cour du Couvent and wines from the region

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Walls and Barnes reach André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards shortlist

The final 11-strong shortlist includes four drink books – Wines of the Rhône by Matt Walls; The South America Wine Guide by Amanda Barnes; Inside Burgundy by Jasper Morris MW and Foot Trodden by Simon J Woolf & Ryan Opaz.    Commenting on the shortlist, Nicholas Lander, chair of the André Simon Memorial Fund, said: ‘A number of this year’s food and drink nominees, including Wines of the Rhône, address the urgent environmental and global issues of today in ways that are original, inspiring an ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

The word of the wine: Tiled

Said of the colour of an evolved wine that has taken on brick and orange hues.

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