The best wines of Côtes du Forez

Discover the best wines of Côtes du Forez of Loire Valley as well as the best winemakers of Côtes du Forez and estates of Côtes du Forez to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Côtes du Forez and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Côtes du Forez by region

Looking for a good wine of Côtes du Forez of Loire Valley among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Côtes du Forez. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Côtes du Forez with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Côtes du Forez

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Côtes du Forez

Red wines from the region of Côtes du Forez go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Côtes du Forez

On the nose the red wine of the region of Côtes du Forez. often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, earthy or microbio and sometimes also flavors of pomegranate, blackberry or dried fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of Côtes du Forez

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.65/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Côtes du Forez

  • Gamay

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Côtes du Forez

A wine route planned in the region of Côtes du Forez? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Côtes du Forez.

Discovering the wine region of Côtes du Forez

The red Côtes du Forez is a Dry red wine. It falls into the category of still wine. Côtes du Forez red is produced in the Vineyard of the Loire, vineyard in the west of France and more precisely in the wine region of Auvergne. Administratively, the Côtes du Forez red can be produced in the Loire dePartment.

Its Terroir benefits from a degraded oceanic and mountain Climate and granitic and sandy soils, volcanic rocks and basalt. The "Gamay N" Grape variety is the only one that can be used to make Côtes du Forez red wine. The red Côtes du Forez has the French label AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) and the European label AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protégée). This wine is part of the generic appellation Côtes du Forez.

Great white wines of Côtes du Forez

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Côtes du Forez

White wines from the region of Côtes du Forez go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in white wine of Côtes du Forez

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Côtes du Forez

A wine route planned in the region of Côtes du Forez? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Côtes du Forez.

    Great pink wines of Côtes du Forez

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    Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Côtes du Forez

    Pink wines from the region of Côtes du Forez go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef stew with white wine.

    The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Côtes du Forez

    • Gamay

    The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Côtes du Forez

    A wine route planned in the region of Côtes du Forez? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Côtes du Forez.

      News from the vineyard of Côtes du Forez

      Wartime Cognac

      The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...

      Argentina harvest report 2022: ‘wines with excellent ageing potential’ 

      The grapes have been picked and Argentina is able to file another successful harvest for 2022, to match the previous four years. However producers are reporting that 2022 was the most singular of recent vintages, with each region experiencing its own challenges. Mendoza ‘The 2021-2022 season reminds me of a good Hollywood movie,’ said Martín Kaiser, viticulturist at Doña Paula in Mendoza. ‘It certainly kept us entertained. Our hearts were in our mouths all the way through, but it had a great end ...

      Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

      Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...