The Winery Petits Détours of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Petits Détours - Chardonnay
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 5008 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Petits Détours is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Petits Détours wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Petits Détours

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Petits Détours

How Winery Petits Détours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of spaghetti with garlic, leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche or buckwheat pancakes filled with egg, cheese and ham.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Petits Détours

  • 2014With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Petits Détours.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 Winery Petits Détours

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Petits Détours

How Winery Petits Détours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, lamb tagine with prunes or old-fashioned venison stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Petits Détours

On the nose the red wine of Winery Petits Détours. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Petits Détours. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Petits Détours

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Petits Détours.

  • Gamay
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Petits Détours

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Petits Détours

How Winery Petits Détours wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of italian pasta, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or lebanese hummus.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Petits Détours

  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The word of the wine: Blanc de noirs (champagne)

Champagne made from black grapes (pinot noir and/or meunier) only.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Petits Détours

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 Winery Petits Détours.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Petits Détours and wines from the region

Last Places Remaining: Rhône Tour With Matt Walls

The week-long trip into one of France’s most exciting appellations with closed-door access to some of the most revered vineyards and their cellars will be going ahead this June. Walls has curated a trip to highlight the very best the Rhône has to offer – a 360 trip that encompasses great food, delicious wine, sightseeing and downtime – where he’ll be imparting his expert knowledge of the region, honed over the years.  Download trip brochure Trip Highlights Include:   Meeting some of the greatest ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Walls: Counoise spreads its wings

It’s easy to forget that the southern Rhône’s four most prevalent red varieties aren’t indigenous. Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre all appear to originate from Spain; Syrah made its way down the river from the northern Rhône. Of the long tail of other grapes, most have their roots closer to home. Plantings have dwindled in recent years, but today local varieties are experiencing renewed interest. One that’s finding a lot of fans – both in the Rhône and further afield – is Counoise. Scroll down ...

The word of the wine: Blanc de noirs (champagne)

Champagne made from black grapes (pinot noir and/or meunier) only.