The Winery Le Contesse of Veneto

Winery Le Contesse
The winery offers 56 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1814 of the estates of Veneto.
It is located in Veneto
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The Winery Le Contesse is one of the best wineries to follow in Vénétie.. It offers 56 wines for sale in of Veneto to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Le Contesse wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Le Contesse

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Le Contesse

How Winery Le Contesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of quick chocolate fudge cake, brussels sprouts with bacon in a casserole or salmon lasagna.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Le Contesse

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Le Contesse. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, non oak or red fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Le Contesse. is a with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Le Contesse

  • 2020With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 1990With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.83/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Le Contesse.

  • Glera (Prosecco)
  • Glera
  • Chardonnay
  • Ribolla Gialla
  • Pinot Nero
  • Moscato

Discovering the wine region of Veneto

Veneto is an important and growing wine region in northeastern Italy. Veneto is administratively Part of the Triveneto area, aLong with its smaller neighbors, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles, it represents a transition from the Alpine and Germanic-Slavic end of Italy to the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the South. Veneto is slightly smaller than the other major Italian wine regions - Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily - but it produces more wine than any of them.

Although the southern regions, Sicily and Puglia, have long been Italy's main wine producers, that Balance began to shift northward to the Veneto in the second half of the 20th century. In the 1990s, southern Italian wine languished in an increasingly competitive and demanding world, while the Veneto upped its Game">game, gaining recognition with wines such as Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave and Prosecco">Prosecco. With Fruity red Valpolicella complementing its intense Amarone and Sweet Recioto, the Veneto has a formidable portfolio of red wines to accompany its refreshing whites, like Soave and Sparkling Prosecco. Although most of the new vineyards that have enabled the Veneto to expand its wine production have been of dubious viticultural quality, today more than 25% of the region's wines are produced and sold under DOC/DOCG designations.

The top white wines of Winery Le Contesse

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Contesse

How Winery Le Contesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pasta with tuna and tomato, stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce or beet greens and black sesame seeds pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Le Contesse

On the nose the white wine of Winery Le Contesse. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Le Contesse. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Le Contesse

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Manzoni Bianco
  • Pinot Grigio

Discover the grape variety: Ribolla gialla

A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Italy, more precisely in the Friuli region. It can also be found in Slovenia, Greece (island of Cephalonia), in the United States (California), ... and it should not be confused with the robola or rombola aspri cultivated in Greece (Ionian islands).

The top red wines of Winery Le Contesse

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Contesse

How Winery Le Contesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of burger roll, tuna lasagna or tanjia (lamb shoulder confit).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Le Contesse

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Le Contesse. is a powerful.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Merrain

Oak wood split into planks used to make the barrel.

The top pink wines of Winery Le Contesse

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Le Contesse

How Winery Le Contesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta with veal stock sauce, traditional flemish carbonades or duck breast in foil (barbecue).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Le Contesse

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Le Contesse. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Le Contesse

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

Discover the grape variety: Glera

It is said to be of Slovenian origin, where it is cultivated under the name of Prosekar, also known for a long time in Italy under the name of Glera. It should not be confused with prosecco lungo - although there is a family link - and prosecco nostrano, which is none other than Tuscany's malvasia. Note that Vitouska - another Italian grape variety - is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between Tuscan malvasia and Prosecco. Under the name of Glera, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can be found in practically all of the former Yugoslavia, and more surprisingly in Argentina, but is virtually unknown in France.

News about Winery Le Contesse and wines from the region

How to work with Chablis wines as a sommelier by Yang LU

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 2 min 50 sec clip, Yang LU shares his experience as a sommelier on the importance of Chablis wines in the restaurant industry. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market by Debra MEIBURG

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 minute-long clip, Debra MEIBURG discusses the position of Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National, 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://twitte ...

The word of the wine: Merrain

Oak wood split into planks used to make the barrel.