The Château Valmy is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Languedoc-Roussillon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Valmy wines in Languedoc-Roussillon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Valmy 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 Château Valmy wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Valmy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of goat cheese and spinach lasagne, quiche without eggs or chakchouka.
On the nose the white wine of Château Valmy. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, tropical or oak and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Valmy. is a powerful.
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.
The typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.
How Château Valmy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pizza with peppers and spicy chicken, tarte tatin or walnut and roquefort tart.
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.
How Château Valmy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rabbit in white wine (casserole), codfish aioli or cassolettes of scallops.
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How Château Valmy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), pasta with parmesan cream and ham or veal axoa (basque country).
On the nose the red wine of Château Valmy. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Château Valmy. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
How Château Valmy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of oven-baked salmon mozzarella sandwiches, pasta with shrimp or chicken on a bed of summer vegetables.
Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.
How Château Valmy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of spaghetti with clams, ham and comté quiche or beetroot and cream cheese verrines.
In the mouth the pink wine of Château Valmy. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
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It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
