The Domaine Marc Portaz of Vin de Savoie of Savoie

Domaine Marc Portaz
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 31 of the estates of Savoie.
It is located in Vin de Savoie in the region of Savoie

The Domaine Marc Portaz is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Vin de Savoie to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Marc Portaz wines

Looking for the best Domaine Marc Portaz wines in Vin de Savoie among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Marc Portaz 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 Domaine Marc Portaz wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine Marc Portaz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Marc Portaz

How Domaine Marc Portaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Marc Portaz

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Marc Portaz. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of green apple, lime or minerality.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Marc Portaz

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Marc Portaz.

  • Jacquère
  • Altesse

Discovering the wine region of Vin de Savoie

Vin de Savoie (often written simply as "Savoie") is the main appellation of the Savoie region in the far east of France. This mountainous region located west of the Alps has distinctive wine styles that are rarely seen outside their territory of origin. Most are Dry white wines made from the Altesse, Jacquère and Chasselas grapes. Savoy wines are often described as distinctly "alpine", citing their fresh, Mineral characteristics.

The AOC Vin de Savoie was created in 1973, along with the appellation Roussette de Savoie, which covers the region's Altesse grape wines. Wines labelled simply as Savoie or Vin de Savoie, without an associated cru name, can be white, red, rosé and even Sparkling. White wines are dominated by the most common grape variety in Savoie, Jacquere, but may also contain Chardonnay, Aligote, Mondeuse Blanche, Veltliner Rouge Precoce, Chasselas, Gringet and Altesse. To complicate matters, Marsanne and Verdesse are also allowed, but only in the administrative department of Isère.

However, this represents only a tiny fraction of the appellation's surface area.

The top red wines of Domaine Marc Portaz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Marc Portaz

How Domaine Marc Portaz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, whole duck casserole with white wine or tuna-kiri crisps.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Marc Portaz.

  • Gamay
  • Mondeuse Noire
  • Persan

Discover the grape variety: Persan

Persan noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Savoie). 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 bunches and small grapes. The Persan Noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

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Discover the grape variety: Altesse

The Altesse white grape variety is French in origin, but its ancestors were brought from Cyprus. It then developed in the vineyards of the southeast of the country. The Montagnieu fusette or arbane, as it is also called, buds early in the year. A cottony veil covers the first buds. The involuted blade and the U-shaped petiolar sinus distinguish the adult, three-lobed leaves. During, sometimes for late vengeance, the clusters of medium or small size are winged, compact and cylindrical.the fruits reveal a melting pulp under a film of variable color. The pink-tan colour replaces the early reddish yellow when the berries ripen. If they persist, the berries take on a lilac hue. The vinification promises sparkling, aromatic and elegant sweet whites, or dry whites. Altesse is a grape variety to be carefully maintained against acariosis and erinosis.

News about Domaine Marc Portaz and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

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-Pierreclos, 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 availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the Mâcon terroir

In line with our previous videos « The Climats of Chablis seen from the sky » and « The vineyards of Bourgogne, seen from the sky » », the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) and the Union des Producteurs de Vins de Mâcon offer you a new stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. Established in 1937, this Régionale appellation is divided into three levels: – The first level is known as white, red or rosé Mâcon. The grapes used can come from all around the Mâconnais. – The second level is name ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine

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-Milly-Lamartine, 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://twitter.com/Bour ...

The word of the wine: Heady

Said of a wine rich in alcohol, powerful and expressive.