The Domaine La Rouviole of Minervois of Languedoc-Roussillon

Domaine La Rouviole - A Tempo Minervois
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Minervois in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Domaine La Rouviole is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Minervois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine La Rouviole wines

Looking for the best Domaine La Rouviole wines in Minervois among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine La Rouviole 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 Rouviole wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine La Rouviole

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine La Rouviole

How Domaine La Rouviole wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), pastasciutta (corsica) or sauté of veal with corsican style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine La Rouviole

On the nose the red wine of Domaine La Rouviole. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, vanilla or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of earthy, microbio or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine La Rouviole. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine La Rouviole

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine La Rouviole.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsault
  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Cinsaut

Discovering the wine region of Minervois

Minervois is an appellation for distinctive red wines from the western Languedoc region of France. In general, they are softer than those produced in the Corbières, just to the South. The Minervois appellation also covers rosé and white wines. The predominant Grape varieties used in AOC Minervois wines are Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre.

Together with the rarer Lledoner Pelut (or Lladoner Pelut), they must make up at least 60% of the blend. Carignan and Cinsaut are Part of the supporting wines that can represent 40% of the blend. The white wines of the appellation vary considerably in quality and style. They are made from the grape varieties Vermentino, Roussanne, Marsanne, Bourboulenc and Grenache Blanc.

The top pink wines of Domaine La Rouviole

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine La Rouviole

How Domaine La Rouviole wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with chicken, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or black tapenade.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine La Rouviole.

  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Cinsaut

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine La Rouviole

Planning a wine route in the of Minervois? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine La Rouviole.

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.

News about Domaine La Rouviole and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

The word of the wine: Tasting

Sensory analysis of the wine according to a precise procedure and steps, using an appropriate vocabulary.