The Winery Bastide du Claux of Luberon of Rhone Valley

Winery Bastide du Claux - Barraban
The winery offers 9 different wines
3.7
Note - 1Note - 1Note - 1Note - 0.5Note - 0
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Luberon in the region of Rhone Valley
Find the Winery Bastide du Claux on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Bastide du Claux is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Luberon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Bastide du Claux wines

Looking for the best Winery Bastide du Claux wines in Luberon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Bastide du Claux 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 Bastide du Claux wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Bastide du Claux

How Winery Bastide du Claux 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 brussels sprouts with bacon in a casserole, grilled tuna with mediterranean marinade or truffle from auvergne.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

On the nose the white wine of Winery Bastide du Claux. often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or lemon and sometimes also flavors of melon, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Bastide du Claux. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Bastide du Claux.

  • Vermentino
  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Chardonnay
  • Marsanne
  • Grenache Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Luberon

The wine region of Luberon is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marrenon or the Maison Williams Chase produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Luberon are Mourvèdre, Vermentino and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Luberon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cinnamon or cassis and sometimes also flavors of dark chocolate, jam or coffee.

In the mouth of Luberon is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 171 estates and châteaux in the of Luberon, producing 612 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Luberon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Bastide du Claux

How Winery Bastide du Claux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, shoulder of lamb boulangère or duck leg confit in cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

On the nose the red wine of Winery Bastide du Claux. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Bastide du Claux. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.71/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Bastide du Claux.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Bastide du Claux

How Winery Bastide du Claux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of lentils and morteau sausages, spinach, goat cheese and salmon quiche or rice with seafood.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Bastide du Claux. often reveals types of flavors of earth.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Bastide du Claux

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Bastide du Claux.

  • Ugni blanc
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

The word of the wine: Flowable

A supple, easy-drinking wine with little consistency in the mouth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Bastide du Claux

Planning a wine route in the of Luberon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Bastide du Claux.

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 Winery Bastide du Claux and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

We are excited to announce the first of Decanter’s Wine Experiences, a series of carefully curated wine trips hosted by our regional wine specialists. Each trip is a carefully tailored once-in-a-lifetime experience that will grant guests access to the best vineyards, restaurants and wine experts of the region.   Starting with a trip to the Rhône valley, Matt Walls will be hosting the first Decanter Wine Experience, imparting his knowledge of the region which he has honed over the years while rep ...

Walls: top northern Rhône whites under £30

Find Matt Walls’ 22 top-value northern Rhône whites below, and look out for his top 52 northern Rhône reds under £30 which will be published on 11th October. The northern Rhône produces just 5% of the total volume made in the broader Rhône Valley growing area. As demand for these wines increases, it’s not surprising to see prices ticking up. But it’s still possible to find some excellent wines retailing under £30 a bottle in the UK. Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for 22 great val ...

The word of the wine: Flowable

A supple, easy-drinking wine with little consistency in the mouth.