The Domaine La Roquète of Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Rhone Valley

The Domaine La Roquète is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine La Roquète wines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine La Roquète 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 Domaine La Roquète wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine La Roquète wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of pasta with merguez, lentils and morteau sausages or senegalese rice.
On the nose the red wine of Domaine La Roquète. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, smoke or earthy. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine La Roquète. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Pinnacle of great southern Rhône reds, up to 13 blended grapes: signature Grenache as king — powerful and structured with notes of black cherry, kirsch, garrigue, leather, tar and sweet spices, firm tannins when young and gamey complexity with ageing. Deep Syrah, dense Mourvèdre and supple Cinsault complete it. Rare full whites (Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne) with almond, anise, honeysuckle notes. Legendary AOC (1936), rolled pebbles, mistral and sun.
How Domaine La Roquète 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 sauté of pork with cider, salmon koulibiac or high savoyard chicken !.
On the nose the white wine of Domaine La Roquète. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or oaky and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine La Roquète. is a powerful.
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
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Vibrant and fresh rosés and clairets with a pale robe and tender mouth, featuring aromas of white flowers, citrus, fennel and delicate anise notes. Moderate acidity, light finish. A pink-skinned mutation of clairette blanche, occasionally blended into Provençal and Languedoc rosés. Clairette blanche signs Clairette de Die, Clairette du Languedoc AOC and enters Châteauneuf-du-Pape whites. Native southern French grape.