The Winery Alex Foillard of Côte de Brouilly of Beaujolais

Winery Alex Foillard
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Côte de Brouilly in the region of Beaujolais

The Winery Alex Foillard is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Côte de Brouilly to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alex Foillard wines

Looking for the best Winery Alex Foillard wines in Côte de Brouilly among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alex Foillard 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 Alex Foillard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alex Foillard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alex Foillard

How Winery Alex Foillard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta with boursin, veal paupiettes with white wine or cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alex Foillard

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alex Foillard. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, raspberry or cranberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alex Foillard. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alex Foillard

  • 2017With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2022With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alex Foillard.

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Côte de Brouilly

The Côte de Beaujolais/brouilly">Brouilly is one of the 10 crus appellations of the Beaujolais region. It covers the slopes of the dormant volcano of Mont Brouilly in Central Beaujolais. The area is entirely surrounded by the vineyards of the much larger Brouilly appellation, but it is home to a significantly different style of wine, made from the Gamay Grape. Côte de Brouilly wines are concentrated and Elegant, with Floral">floral characters, and are less earthy than their Brouilly counterparts.

The appellation covers only red wines. However, legislation allows a small amount of white grapes in addition to Gamay. The wine growers can use Chardonnay, Aligoté or Melon de Bourgogne. The Côte de Brouilly appellation covers one of the smallest areas of all the Beaujolais crus, and is also one of the most southerly.

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Discover the grape variety: Dattier de Saint Vallier

Interspecific crossing obtained by Seyve-Villard between the 6468 Seibel and the Panse de Provence. This direct-producing hybrid is practically no longer multiplied, but can still be found among amateur gardeners or collectors.