The Domaine Palon of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Domaine Palon - Blanc du Bary Vacqueyras
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 470 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Domaine Palon is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Palon wines

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

The top white wines of Domaine Palon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Palon

How Domaine Palon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of baked pork chops, garba ( ivory coast ) or celery, apple and comté salad for kids.

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

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette

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.

The top red wines of Domaine Palon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Palon

How Domaine Palon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot-au-feu, shish kebab or duck breast with apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Palon

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Palon. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, black fruits or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of pepper, raspberry or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Palon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Palon

  • 2008With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5

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

  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Palon

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 Domaine Palon.

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.

News about Domaine Palon and wines from the region

Walls: Tavel and its unexpected revolution

When asked which is the most exciting appellation in the Rhône, there’s one that currently springs to mind before all others: Tavel. I have to be honest with you: I don’t buy much rosé. So, given that Tavel is, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘one of France’s few all-rosé appellations,’ my response might be unexpected. The Oxford Companion is technically correct, of course – the wines made here are paler than a typical red wine. But compared to other rosés, that’s where the comparison ...

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

The word of the wine: Character

Said of a typical wine that stands out for its originality. Used in the plural, it refers to all the organoleptic components of a wine (flavours and tactile sensations).