The Winery Le Cheval Fou of Hermitage of Rhone Valley

Winery Le Cheval Fou
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 18 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Hermitage in the region of Rhone Valley

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

Top Winery Le Cheval Fou wines

Looking for the best Winery Le Cheval Fou wines in Hermitage among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Le Cheval Fou 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 Le Cheval Fou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Le Cheval Fou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Cheval Fou

How Winery Le Cheval Fou 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 chicken blanquette, pasta with tuna and tomato or franc-comtoise.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Cheval Fou.

  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne

Discovering the wine region of Hermitage

The wine region of Hermitage is located in the region of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave or the Domaine Jean-Louis Chave produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Hermitage are Marsanne, Roussanne and Mourvèdre, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Hermitage often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lavender or marzipan and sometimes also flavors of biscuits, yellow apple or petroleum.

In the mouth of Hermitage is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 84 estates and châteaux in the of Hermitage, producing 177 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hermitage go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.

The top red wines of Winery Le Cheval Fou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Cheval Fou

How Winery Le Cheval Fou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of quick meatloaf, lamb shoulder confit with harissa or korma chicken (india).

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Le Cheval Fou.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

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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Discover the grape variety: Marsanne

Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.