The Château de Bellet is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Bellet to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château de Bellet wines in Bellet among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Bellet 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 de Bellet wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château de Bellet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or veal such as recipes of daube niçoise, cancoillotte (made from metton) or veal paupiettes with beer.
On the nose the red wine of Château de Bellet. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or licorice and sometimes also flavors of pepper, black currant or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Bellet. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Bellet is a small appellation for red, white and rosé wines from the hills around Nice, in the Provence region of southeastern France. Despite Provence's penchant for rosé, a balanced blend of all three colours is produced under the name Bellet. Nice's proximity to the Italian border - and thus to the western vineyards of Liguria and Piedmont - is reflected in the style of Bellet wines and particularly in the Grape varieties used in their production. Bellet's key white grape variety is Vermentino, a variety that originated in Liguria, but which now accounts for 60% of all Bellet white wine.
The traditional Provençal name for Vermentino is Rolle, but the recent rise of this grape has been under its Italian name, so that many producers (and even the appellation's legal documents) now call it Vermentino. The two main varieties used in Bellet's red and rosé wines, Braquet and Fuella Nera (aka Folle Noire or Jurancon Noir), also have a distinct Italian note. Some believe that Braquet is the same grape as Brachetto, a common grape in Piedmont, while Fuella Nera is actually Folle Noire hiding under an Italian synonym. The name Provence is another link to the Italian link, being a modern, shortened form of Provincia Nostra.
How Château de Bellet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sausages with kale, tagliatelle courgette salmon from cécile and lisa or vegan leek and tofu quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Château de Bellet. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or tropical and sometimes also flavors of citrus, peach or butter.
Rolle is a white grape variety of Turkish origin that has become established in the South of France, particularly in the Var region, in Corsica under the name of Vermentinu, and in Italy. Its bunches and berries, of medium size, change from white to pink when the grapes are ripe. The rolle likes hot climates where the soil is dry and poor. On the other hand, it fears the wind and diseases. It produces fat, well-balanced white wines. These wines may lack acidity, but they are still very aromatic and give off notes of grapefruit, white fruit, white flowers, fennel, etc. Rolle is also a good table grape that can be enjoyed both fresh and dry. Present in Provence, Languedoc, Roussillon and Corsica. It is used in the composition of numerous appellations such as Ajaccio, Patrimonio, Bandol, Coteaux-d'Aix-en-Provence, Côtes-de-Provence, Costières-de-Nîmes, Corbières, Collioure, Côtes-de-Roussillon, Minervois, Saint Chinian...
How Château de Bellet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of peasant minestrone, scallops on a bed of leeks or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
On the nose the pink wine of Château de Bellet. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, raspberry or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the pink wine of Château de Bellet. is a with a nice freshness.
Study of the vine, and more particularly the grape varieties.
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Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
