The Cave Saint Désirat of Saint-Joseph of Rhone Valley

Cave Saint Désirat
The winery offers 60 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 12 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Saint-Joseph in the region of Rhone Valley
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The Cave Saint Désirat is one of the world's great estates. It offers 60 wines for sale in of Saint-Joseph to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cave Saint Désirat wines

Looking for the best Cave Saint Désirat wines in Saint-Joseph among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Cave Saint Désirat 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 Cave Saint Désirat wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Cave Saint Désirat

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cave Saint Désirat

How Cave Saint Désirat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, leg of lamb in a herb crust with preserved vegetables or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cave Saint Désirat

On the nose the red wine of Cave Saint Désirat. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of cherry, oaky or butter. In the mouth the red wine of Cave Saint Désirat. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cave Saint Désirat

  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2022With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2024With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.79/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cave Saint Désirat.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Gamay
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Joseph

Northern Rhône cru on the right bank (Ardèche, Loire): signature Syrah as the exclusive king red - refined and structured with notes of black fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry), raspberry, violet, pepper, spices, liquorice and an undergrowth touch, softer tannins than Cornas or Hermitage, seductive fruit-structure balance. Marsanne and Roussanne in ample whites (peach, apricot, honey, white flowers). AOC (1956) over 26 communes, south-facing slopes, granite, schist and gneiss. Ageing 3-10 years.

The top white wines of Cave Saint Désirat

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cave Saint Désirat

How Cave Saint Désirat 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 special' tagliatelle carbonara, sea bass wrapped in salt crust or pumpkin and onion gratin with comté cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cave Saint Désirat

On the nose the white wine of Cave Saint Désirat. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, peach or butter and sometimes also flavors of minerality, apricot or pear. In the mouth the white wine of Cave Saint Désirat. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cave Saint Désirat

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2023With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cave Saint Désirat.

  • Viognier
  • Marsanne
  • Roussanne

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

Opulent, heady whites, rich and silky, with intense aromas of apricot, yellow peach, mango, violet, honeysuckle and musky, honeyed notes. Discreet acidity, creamy finish. Star of Condrieu AOC and Château-Grillet AOC, co-vinified in Côte-Rôtie with Syrah (up to 20%). Widely exported to California (Central Coast), Australia (Eden Valley) and Languedoc. A Rhône variety.

The top pink wines of Cave Saint Désirat

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cave Saint Désirat

How Cave Saint Désirat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef miroton, uzbek pilaf or home-made white pudding.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Cave Saint Désirat

  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Cave Saint Désirat.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Evolved

Said of a wine showing by its colour (tuilé in the case of reds, amber in the case of whites), its aromas or its structure that it is nearing the end of its peak and needs to be drunk quickly.

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Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Aromatic and elegant whites, rich yet lifted by fine freshness, with hawthorn, honeysuckle, apricot, pear, honey, green tea, mineral and herbal notes. Fine ageing potential. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with marsanne, and one of the 13 permitted grapes at Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Native Rhône variety.