Winery OttigerLe Rouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Le Rouge of the Winery Ottiger is in the top 30 of wines of Luzern.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ottiger's Le Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Roussanne
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Rouge from Winery Ottiger are 2018, 2015, 2014, 0
Informations about the Winery Ottiger
The Winery Ottiger is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Luzern to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Luzern
The wine region of Luzern of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Klosterhof or the Domaine Bioweingut Sitenrain produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Luzern are Pinot noir, Riesling and Solaris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Luzern often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth.
The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)
A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.
