The Château d'Aigueville of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château d'Aigueville
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1059 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château d'Aigueville is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château d'Aigueville wines

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

The top red wines of Château d'Aigueville

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château d'Aigueville

How Château d'Aigueville wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of caramelized lamb mice, paupiettes with tomato sauce or broccoli gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château d'Aigueville

On the nose the red wine of Château d'Aigueville. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, microbio or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of clove, white pepper or caramel. In the mouth the red wine of Château d'Aigueville. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château d'Aigueville

  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château d'Aigueville.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault
  • Carignan

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 white wines of Château d'Aigueville

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château d'Aigueville

How Château d'Aigueville 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 old-fashioned pork roll, gratin of ravioli with salmon or lasagna of the sea with zucchini.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château d'Aigueville

On the nose the white wine of Château d'Aigueville. often reveals types of flavors of stone, stone fruit or honey and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château d'Aigueville. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château d'Aigueville

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château d'Aigueville.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Clairette

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

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.

The top pink wines of Château d'Aigueville

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château d'Aigueville

How Château d'Aigueville wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes, tuna pie or mie goreng.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château d'Aigueville

On the nose the pink wine of Château d'Aigueville. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, tree fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château d'Aigueville. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château d'Aigueville.

  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Cinsault

The word of the wine: Fleshed out

A full-bodied, tasty and fleshy wine, with velvety and smooth tannins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château d'Aigueville

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 Château d'Aigueville.

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.

News about Château d'Aigueville and wines from the region

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine A&E Verset, Cornas

Emmanuelle Verset is the sixth generation to make wine in her family, and represents the E in Domaine A&E Verset. The A is for Alain, her father. She took over from him in 2016 at the age of 24, and is one of the few female winemakers in Cornas. The Verset name runs deep in this part of the Rhône. You might have heard of Noël Verset (1919 – 2015), whose bottles are highly sought-after today – Noël was Alain’s uncle. Scroll down to see Matt Walls tasting notes and scores for six Domaine A& ...

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 ...

Walls: top northern Rhône reds under £30

In preparation for this column I tasted 46 reds in total, and – taking both quality and value into account – I can recommend 33 of them. Overall, the reds were less consistent than the whites, and although the lows were lower, the highs were higher. This tasting confirmed that it’s still possible to buy genuinely excellent northern Rhône reds for under £30 in the UK. That being said, it’s virtually impossible to find any Cornas, Côte-Rôtie or Hermitage for under £30 a bottle these days, but ther ...

The word of the wine: Fleshed out

A full-bodied, tasty and fleshy wine, with velvety and smooth tannins.