The Winery La Font du Vent of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery La Font du Vent
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Domaine Font de Michelle.
It is ranked in the top 540 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery La Font du Vent is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Font du Vent wines

Looking for the best Winery La Font du Vent wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Font du Vent 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 Font du Vent wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery La Font du Vent

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Font du Vent

How Winery La Font du Vent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary or forest rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Font du Vent

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Font du Vent. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, raspberry or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery La Font du Vent. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Font du Vent

  • 2018With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Font du Vent.

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

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

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 white wines of Winery La Font du Vent

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Font du Vent

How Winery La Font du Vent 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 reblochon tartiflette, tuna lasagna or autumn pumpkin pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Font du Vent

In the mouth the white wine of Winery La Font du Vent. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Font du Vent.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Roussanne
  • Bourboulenc

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 pink wines of Winery La Font du Vent

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery La Font du Vent

How Winery La Font du Vent wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, sardines with escabeche or creamy risotto with scallops.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery La Font du Vent.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault

The word of the wine: Food and wine pairing

It is the set of techniques that allow for the pleasant combination of food and wine. Food and wine pairing is based on a few basic principles, such as similarity, complementarity or contrast, and involves all the elements that make up the wine and the food (flavours, textures, aromas, etc.).

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Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

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