The Winery Maillefaud of Rhone Valley

Winery Maillefaud - Plume
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 6229 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhone Valley

The Winery Maillefaud is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes du Rhône.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Rhone Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Maillefaud wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Maillefaud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Maillefaud

How Winery Maillefaud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Maillefaud

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5

Discovering the wine region of Rhone Valley

The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.

They are separated quite clearly by a 40 km gap between the towns of Valance and Montélimar, where vines are hardly ever grown. This division is reflected not only in the geography and preferred Grape varieties, but also in the quality and quantity of the wines produced. The smaller, more quality-oriented north focuses almost entirely on Syrah for red wines and Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne for whites, while the larger, more prolific south employs a much longer list of grape varieties. Most notable are the red varieties Grenache and Mourvèdre, which are combined with Syrah to produce the "GSM" blend so characteristic of the southern Rhône.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Maillefaud

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Maillefaud

How Winery Maillefaud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussels with beer, chicken with green olives or preparation of the olives (black olives in brine).

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Maillefaud

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5

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

  • Clairette

Discover the grape variety: Gros Cabernet

A very old variety grown in the Bordeaux region, where it originated. It is the result of a natural intraspecific cross between iron and black txakoli, although this has yet to be confirmed, especially as the latter has the same synonym (h)ondarrabi beltza, which is also attributed to cabernet franc. According to genetic analyses carried out in Montpellier (Hérault), gros Cabernet is the mother of carmenère. Almost unknown in other French wine regions, gros Cabernet is no longer replanted and is therefore in danger of disappearing. It can sometimes be found in isolated strains in very old vines, in Germany, in the south of Australia, and can now be found in wine conservatories in the south-west of France, ... .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Maillefaud

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

Discover the grape variety: Saint Côme

A very old variety grown in Aveyron, it has almost disappeared from the vineyard. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1. According to published genetic analyses, it is the result of a natural cross between the white gouais and the moural - or morrastel -. For more information on other relatives, click here !

News about Winery Maillefaud and wines from the region

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

We are excited to announce the first of Decanter’s Wine Experiences, a series of carefully curated wine trips hosted by our regional wine specialists. Each trip is a carefully tailored once-in-a-lifetime experience that will grant guests access to the best vineyards, restaurants and wine experts of the region.   Starting with a trip to the Rhône valley, Matt Walls will be hosting the first Decanter Wine Experience, imparting his knowledge of the region which he has honed over the years while rep ...

Colombia for wine lovers

Think of Colombia, think of balmy evenings dancing to salsa, fuelled by shots of aguardiente and arepas. But there’s plenty more than the anise-based spirit and cornmeal cakes to sample in the South American country. Chefs have stepped up their game to put gastronomy on the map, with sommeliers and bartenders following suit. Not just appreciating local ingredients and distilling spirits, they also seek out wines from around the world to accompany fine-dining experiences. Their endeavours have pa ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

The word of the wine: Merrain

Oak wood split into planks used to make the barrel.