Winery Riveyrac - Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel)

Winery RiveyracRivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel)

4.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) of Winery Riveyrac is a natural sweet wine from the region of Rivesaltes of Languedoc-Roussillon.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) of the Winery Riveyrac is in the top 10 of wines of Rivesaltes.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, chocolate

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, oil

Wine with earth taste

honey, salt

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon, licorice

On the nose the Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) of Winery Riveyrac in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon often reveals types of flavors of tobacco, walnut or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, orange zest or orange peel.

Details and technical informations about Winery Riveyrac's Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel).

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1988
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1986
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1979
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1976
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1975
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1970
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) - 1969
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Rivesaltes (Vin Doux Naturel) from Winery Riveyrac are 1960, 1965, 1975, 1970 and 1968.

Informations about the Winery Riveyrac

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rivesaltes in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Winery Riveyrac is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Rivesaltes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Languedoc-Roussillon
In the top 250 of of France wines
In the top 10 of of Rivesaltes wines
In the top 40 of natural sweet wines
In the top 1500 wines of the world

The wine region of Rivesaltes

Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic Sweet wines of eastern Roussillon, in the DeepSouth of France. The natural sweet wines produced in this region have been revered since at least the 14th century. The technique used to make them is one of many techniques used for sweet wines. Unlike botrytized wines or ice wines, natural sweet wines are made by Mutage, a process that involves stopping the Fermentation of the must while a high level of natural sweetness remains.


The wine region of Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

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The word of the wine: Pommadé

Said of a wine that is unbalanced, pasty, syrupy, and whose excessive sugar content gives an impression of heaviness.

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