The Winery Victor Contis of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Victor Contis
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Victor Contis is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Victor Contis wines

Looking for the best Winery Victor Contis wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Victor Contis 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 Victor Contis wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Victor Contis

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Victor Contis

How Winery Victor Contis 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 pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms, pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream or saint nectaire cheese spread with local ham.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Victor Contis.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Bourboulenc

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.

However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.

The top red wines of Winery Victor Contis

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Victor Contis

How Winery Victor Contis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fondue with broth, rice with paprika and merguez or duck aiguillettes with apples.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Victor Contis.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Victor Contis

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône méridional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Victor Contis.

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Victor Contis and wines from the region

Big push on Rhône Valley whites underway

President of Inter Rhône Philippe Pellaton put forward the body’s ambitious commercial strategy from now until 2035 at the Maison des Vins on 8th December. The Rhône Valley continues to make considerably more red wine than white and rosé, but Pellaton explained that reweighting the split of different colours will be one of their principal policies. Their intention is to increase production of white wines with a view to doubling shipments between now and 2031. ‘Historically, Rhône Valley Vineyard ...

Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record

A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

The word of the wine: Polyphenols

Substance contained essentially in the skin of the grape. The main ones are anthocyanins, which give red wines their colour and tannins.