The Domaines des Virets of Saint-Leonard of Valais

Domaines des Virets
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Valais.
It is located in Saint-Leonard in the region of Valais

The Domaines des Virets is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Saint-Leonard to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaines des Virets wines

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

The top white wines of Domaines des Virets

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaines des Virets

How Domaines des Virets wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of chicken wok with chinese noodles, fillets of sole in a creamy sauce with autumn vegetables or capellini with prosciutto.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaines des Virets

On the nose the white wine of Domaines des Virets. often reveals types of flavors of butter, pear or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Domaines des Virets. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaines des Virets

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaines des Virets.

  • Chasselas
  • Savagnin

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Leonard

Exceptional hillside in the central Valais between Sion and Sierre (right bank of the Rhône), chalky-gravelly soils and record sunshine (2,000 h/year). Fendant (Chasselas) dominates as the signature white — taut with white flowers, white-fleshed fruit, almond and a characteristic chalky mineral touch. Pinot Noir is the signature red — elegant and silky with red fruits and a spicy touch. Petite Arvine, Cornalin, Humagne, Syrah and Fumin as complements.

Sunny alpine style.

The top red wines of Domaines des Virets

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaines des Virets

How Domaines des Virets wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef in white wine, flights in the wind à la provençale or rabbit legs with fresh cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaines des Virets

On the nose the red wine of Domaines des Virets. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, raspberry or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Domaines des Virets. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaines des Virets

  • 2015With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaines des Virets.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

The top pink wines of Domaines des Virets

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaines des Virets

How Domaines des Virets wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaines des Virets

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaines des Virets

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Leonard? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaines des Virets.

    Discover the grape variety: Chasselas

    Light, lively whites with a tender palate and low acidity, with discreet aromas of fresh hazelnut, white flowers, light honey, apple and strongly terroir-driven mineral notes ("chameleon wine" of Swiss soils). Made as dry, often slightly sparkling whites. Absolute star of Vaud (Dézaley, Calamin, Lavaux Grand Cru) and Valais (Fendant) in Switzerland. Also in Pouilly-sur-Loire AOC and the German Jura. Excellent table grape.