The Les Caves du Soleil of Languedoc-Roussillon

Les Caves du Soleil - Blanquette de Limoux Brut
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 176 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Languedoc-Roussillon

The Les Caves du Soleil is one of the best wineries to follow in Languedoc-Roussillon.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Les Caves du Soleil wines

Looking for the best Les Caves du Soleil wines in Languedoc-Roussillon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Les Caves du Soleil 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 du Soleil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Les Caves du Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Les Caves du Soleil

How Les Caves du Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, lamb with vermicelli or royal couscous.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Les Caves du Soleil.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

The typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.

The top red wines of Les Caves du Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Les Caves du Soleil

How Les Caves du Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, fillet of beef with morels or saddle of venison with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Les Caves du Soleil

On the nose the red wine of Les Caves du Soleil. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of forest floor, plum or pepper. In the mouth the red wine of Les Caves du Soleil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Les Caves du Soleil

  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Les Caves du Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Les Caves du Soleil

How Les Caves du Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of english breakfast, fish and shrimp curry or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Les Caves du Soleil

  • 2008With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Les Caves du Soleil.

  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Collar

The upper, cylindrical part of the bottle. Sales of wine bottles are generally expressed in number of bottles.

The top natural sweet wines of Les Caves du Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Les Caves du Soleil

How Les Caves du Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of lamb tagine with honey and onions or very simple muffins.

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Les Caves du Soleil.

  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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News about Les Caves du Soleil and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

The word of the wine: Collar

The upper, cylindrical part of the bottle. Sales of wine bottles are generally expressed in number of bottles.