The Winery Vieux Pigeonnier of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Winery Vieux Pigeonnier
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 3588 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Vieux Pigeonnier is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vieux Pigeonnier wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier

How Winery Vieux Pigeonnier 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 brussels sprouts with bacon in a casserole, pasta with tuna and tomato or franc-comtois cake.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier

  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier.

  • Muscat Blanc

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 Vieux Pigeonnier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier

How Winery Vieux Pigeonnier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or rabbit with basquaise sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Vieux Pigeonnier.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Garnacha

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.

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Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

News about Winery Vieux Pigeonnier and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Sparkling

Equivalent to effervescent, this term is used among others to designate the "natural sparkling wines" produced in the Montlouis appellation.