La Maison du Moulin - Grain de Velours

La Maison du MoulinGrain de Velours

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Grain de Velours of La Maison du Moulin is a red wine from the region of Vaud.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Gamaret, the Pinot noir and the Gamay noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Grain de Velours of the La Maison du Moulin is in the top 30 of wines of Vaud.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Grain de Velours of La Maison du Moulin in the region of Vaud often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about La Maison du Moulin's Grain de Velours.

Grape varieties
Natural
Yes
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Gamaret

Structured, colourful reds with a dense purple robe and firm tannins, featuring aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, black cherry, spices and peppery notes. Fresh acidity, good performance in oak ageing. Made as a single-variety ageing wine and in many premium Swiss blends with Garanoir, Gamay and Pinot Noir. Star of modern reds from Vaud, Geneva and Valais. A Gamay × Reichensteiner cross created in 1970 at the Pully research station (Switzerland).

Last vintages of this wine

Grain de Velours - 2016
In the top 30 of of Vaud wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Grain de Velours - 2015
In the top 30 of of Vaud wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Grain de Velours - 2014
In the top 30 of of Vaud wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Grain de Velours - 2012
In the top 30 of of Vaud wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Grain de Velours from La Maison du Moulin are 2015, 2012, 2016, 2014

Informations about the La Maison du Moulin

The winery offers 52 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Vaud

The La Maison du Moulin is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 53 wines for sale in the of Vaud to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Vaud
In the top 350 of of Switzerland wines
In the top 35 of of Vaud wines
In the top 35000 of red wines
In the top 50000 wines of the world

The wine region of Vaud

World reference for Chasselas (~60% of the vineyard). Mineral, delicate whites with signature notes of green apple, citrus, white flowers, fresh almond and a saline touch, low acidity and a silky palate. Maximum expression in Lavaux (UNESCO 2007) on Lake Geneva terraces. Also La Côte, Chablais and the iconic Dézaley.

The word of the wine: Musky

Characteristic of the musk smell.

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