The Winery Alex Foillard of Côte de Brouilly of Beaujolais

Winery Alex Foillard - Beaujolais-Villages
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 lasagne with salmon, goat cheese and spinach, roast veal in the oven or pasta carbonara.

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, black fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of leather, jam or blackberry. 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

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5

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: Mouyssaguès

Mouyssaguès is a grape variety that originated in the southwest of France. Today it occupies just under a hectare, whereas in the past it filled the entire Lot valley. Its adult leaves have between 7 and 9 lobes. These turn completely red in the autumn. Its blue-black berries are elliptical and short. As for its truncated cone-shaped bunches, they are of medium size. They are also compact and winged. Mouyssaguès has only one approved clone, 1.150. A dozen others have been planted in Aveyron. Mouyssaguès can bud in the middle or late, 8 to 10 days after Chasselas. It ripens early for the second time. Vigorous, it is not very sensitive to the various diseases common to these grape varieties. Although productive, it is preferable to prune it long. The mouyssaguès makes a very astringent and coloured wine. This variety can also be called negret, faroneux, rouge menu or peyregord. Because of its high yield, it is often called the poor man's vine.

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The word of the wine: Budding

Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine corresponding to the bursting of the buds and the appearance of the first leaves.