The Winery Lavau of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Lavau - Chardonnay
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Lavau.
It is ranked in the top 377 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Lavau is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lavau wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Lavau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lavau

How Winery Lavau 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 bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or onion soup.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lavau

On the nose the white wine of Winery Lavau. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or peach and sometimes also flavors of floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Lavau. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lavau

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Lavau.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Chardonnay
  • Grenache Blanc

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 red wines of Winery Lavau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lavau

How Winery Lavau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of lamb tagine with quince, flemish carbonnade or coconut chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lavau

On the nose the red wine of Winery Lavau. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, licorice or butter and sometimes also flavors of cheese, vegetal or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lavau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lavau

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Lavau.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Lavau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Lavau

How Winery Lavau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of andouillette with mustard sauce, oven-baked salmon mozzarella sandwiches or lobster barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Lavau

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Lavau. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of citrus, raspberry or earth.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Lavau

  • 2014With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Lavau.

  • Grenache
  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Vintage scale

Complex system of classification of the communes of Champagne according to the value of the grapes which are produced there. In other regions, hierarchical situation of the productions classified by various authorities.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lavau

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône méridional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Lavau.

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.

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The word of the wine: Vintage scale

Complex system of classification of the communes of Champagne according to the value of the grapes which are produced there. In other regions, hierarchical situation of the productions classified by various authorities.