The Winery L'Archiviste of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon

Winery L'Archiviste
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Rivesaltes in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Winery L'Archiviste is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery L'Archiviste wines

Looking for the best Winery L'Archiviste wines in Rivesaltes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery L'Archiviste 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 L'Archiviste wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery L'Archiviste

How Winery L'Archiviste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of flemish beer stew or baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese).

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery L'Archiviste. often reveals types of flavors of caramel, non oak or oak.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste

  • 1978With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste.

  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Rivesaltes

Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic Sweet wines of eastern Roussillon, in the DeepSouth of France. The natural sweet wines produced in this region have been revered since at least the 14th century. The technique used to make them is one of many techniques used for sweet wines. Unlike botrytized wines or ice wines, natural sweet wines are made by Mutage, a process that involves stopping the Fermentation of the must while a high level of natural sweetness remains.

With their high levels of residual sugar (at least 100 g/l) and Alcohol (between 15 and 17% ABV), these wines are sweet and relatively viscous. Understandably, Rivesaltes wines are often confused with Muscat de Rivesaltes wines, which are similar in style and come from the same region. The main difference is that Muscat de Rivesaltes is made from Muscat Grapes, whereas Rivesaltes is made from Grenache in all three forms (Black, White and Grey). Rivesaltes wines are produced in several forms, which are Distinguished by their colours (the result of the grape varieties and the ageing processes used to make them).

The top sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery L'Archiviste

How Winery L'Archiviste wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of vegetable noddles or basque lasagne.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery L'Archiviste. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, almonds or fig and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste

  • 1959With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1978With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1979With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery L'Archiviste.

  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: Rondinella

Its origin is not very precise, it has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, ... . It can be found in Argentina, ... in France it is almost unknown. It would have a link of relationship with the garganega, the refosco dal peduncolo rosso and the corvina.

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Discover the grape variety: Feteasca neagra

A very old variety native to Romania, found much more in Romanian Moldavia and Wallachia, almost unknown in France, but registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A2. According to Viala and Vermorel, it is the black form of feteasca alba. It should not be confused with feteasca regala.