The Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Chablais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan wines in Chablais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan 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 Pierre-Alain Meylan wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of potato cakes, thai fried rice or mont d'or in the oven.
Vaud sub-region between Villeneuve and Bex, terraces on glacial moraines and limestone screes, temperate alpine climate moderated by Lake Geneva. Chasselas: taut and mineral with notes of green apple, citrus, sweet almond, white flowers, light honey and flint, chiselled palate and saline finish — most powerful expression of the variety. Key crus: Aigle and Yvorne (1584 rockslide). Elegant Pinot Noir and supple Gamay.
Fine Swiss references.
How Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of vegetable planter, croque-monsieur with tuna or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
Light, lively whites with a tender palate and low acidity, with discreet aromas of fresh hazelnut, white flowers, light honey, apple and strongly terroir-driven mineral notes ("chameleon wine" of Swiss soils). Made as dry, often slightly sparkling whites. Absolute star of Vaud (Dézaley, Calamin, Lavaux Grand Cru) and Valais (Fendant) in Switzerland. Also in Pouilly-sur-Loire AOC and the German Jura. Excellent table grape.
How Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of daube niçoise, tajine of beef balls and merguez or simple chicken curry.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.
How Winery Pierre-Alain Meylan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef tagine with prunes and almonds, lamb keftas or navarin of lamb.
Structured, colourful reds with a dense purple robe and firm tannins, featuring aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry, black cherry, spices and peppery notes. Fresh acidity, good performance in oak ageing. Made as a single-variety ageing wine and in many premium Swiss blends with Garanoir, Gamay and Pinot Noir. Star of modern reds from Vaud, Geneva and Valais. A Gamay × Reichensteiner cross created in 1970 at the Pully research station (Switzerland).
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Round, supple whites with a soft palate, showing discreet aromas of apple, pear, fresh almond, white flowers and brioche notes. Moderate acidity, light finish. Star of Crémant d'Alsace (fine, taut sparkling) and base of Edelzwicker. Grown in Germany (Weissburgunder, Baden-Württemberg), northern Italy (Pinot Bianco, Alto Adige), Austria and Luxembourg. A white mutation of Pinot Noir.
