The Les Caves des Apotres of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Les Caves des Apotres
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 6825 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Les Caves des Apotres is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Les Caves des Apotres wines

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

The top red wines of Les Caves des Apotres

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Les Caves des Apotres

How Les Caves des Apotres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, chiche kebab in armenian or aiguillette of duck normandy style.

The best vintages in the red wines of Les Caves des Apotres

  • 2006With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Les Caves des Apotres.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Les Caves des Apotres

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 Les Caves des Apotres.

Discover the grape variety: Cinsault

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Les Caves des Apotres and wines from the region

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise

Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine A&E Verset, Cornas

Emmanuelle Verset is the sixth generation to make wine in her family, and represents the E in Domaine A&E Verset. The A is for Alain, her father. She took over from him in 2016 at the age of 24, and is one of the few female winemakers in Cornas. The Verset name runs deep in this part of the Rhône. You might have heard of Noël Verset (1919 – 2015), whose bottles are highly sought-after today – Noël was Alain’s uncle. Scroll down to see Matt Walls tasting notes and scores for six Domaine A& ...

The word of the wine: Heart-to-heart

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