The Winery Lay & Wheeler of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Lay & Wheeler
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 81 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Lay & Wheeler is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lay & Wheeler wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lay & Wheeler

How Winery Lay & Wheeler wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of boeuf en daube, pasta with sausage or merguez with lentils.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler

On the nose the red wine of Winery Lay & Wheeler. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cigar or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, tobacco or black cherries. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lay & Wheeler. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler

  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler.

  • Nebbiolo
  • Pinot Noir

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 white wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lay & Wheeler

How Winery Lay & Wheeler wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of traditional welsh dark beer, tuna and goat cheese pie or shrimp with cream and fettuccine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler

On the nose the white wine of Winery Lay & Wheeler. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, apples or butter and sometimes also flavors of green apple, minerality or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Lay & Wheeler. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler

  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Lay & Wheeler.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lay & Wheeler

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 Lay & Wheeler.

Discover the grape variety: Nebbiolo

A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.

News about Winery Lay & Wheeler and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bray

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bray, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

Food and Chablis wines pairing, by Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this 4-minute clip, Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG illustrate how easily Chablis wines complement all kinds of food, all the way from cheese to caviar! #Chablis #PureChablis ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Chaintré

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Chaintré, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

The word of the wine: Côte des Bar

This is the name given to the vineyards of the Aube, which are closer to Burgundy, and some of the wines produced here bear witness to this proximity. The pinot noir dominates, the meunier is practically absent. Two crus have become references: Riceys, where a rosé without bubbles is also produced, and Montgueux near Troyes, renowned for its Chardonnay.