The Domaine Valfont of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence of Provence

Domaine Valfont - Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Rosé
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 30 of the estates of Provence.
It is located in Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence in the region of Provence

The Domaine Valfont is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Valfont wines

Looking for the best Domaine Valfont wines in Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Valfont 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 Valfont wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Domaine Valfont

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Valfont

How Domaine Valfont wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of macaroonade from sète, sea sauerkraut with white wine or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Domaine Valfont

On the nose the pink wine of Domaine Valfont. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, strawberries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of cheese, earth or microbio. In the mouth the pink wine of Domaine Valfont. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine Valfont

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine Valfont.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsault

Discovering the wine region of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence

Côteaux d'Aix-en-Provence is one of the main French appellations in the Provence wine region, located in the extreme southeast of the country. It is the second largest appellation in the region, with about 4,000 hectares North and west of Aix-en-Provence - the town from which it takes its name. The area also bears the tiny title of AOCPalette. The Côteaux d'Aix-en-Provence appellation was first introduced as a VDQS in 1956, having been informally known as Côteaux du Roy René (René d'Anjou being a 15th century French king famous for his love of wine and the Vine).

Full AOC status was granted in December 1985. The wines of Côteaux d'Aix-en-Provence are, in that order of importance, rosé, red and white wines. The rosés and reds are made from a Complex blend of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsaut and Counoise, with Carignan and Cabernet Sauvignon making up to 30% of these blends. The white wine of the appellation is made from an equally complex hierarchy of grape varieties, both local and borrowed.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Valfont

Planning a wine route in the of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Valfont.

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 Valfont and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Rethinking the wine bottle for the future

There’s been a focus on making wine production less energy intensive as well as environmentally friendly in order to address climate change. The efforts continue but, as is the case for electric cars where it’s the battery technology that needs innovating, it’s in wine bottles where we’re seeing rapid change. It comes in a two-pronged attack to reduce energy use in manufacturing and then an even bigger emphasis on reducing bottle weight for shipping to reduce fuel usage and thus CO2 production. ...

Vinexpo Paris to host wine and climate change talk

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris, running from 14 to 16 February, will host a discussion on climate change as part of series of roundtable ‘wine talks’ at the show. Decanter contributor and international consultant Rupert Joy will moderate the discussion on ‘making wine in a changing climate’, to be held at 2:30pm on Tuesday 15 February, in Hall Six. Members of the panel include: Pau Roca Blaso – director general of the International Organisation of Vine & Wine Jeremy Cukierman MW – dire ...

The word of the wine: CM

Mention on the label of a champagne. It is a handling cooperative that produces on its own premises and markets under its own brand the wines made from the grapes harvested by its members.

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