Château de BelletRouge
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
The Rouge of the Château de Bellet is in the top 5 of wines of Bellet.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Rouge of Château de Bellet in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Rouge
The Rouge of Château de Bellet matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before or quiche with comté cheese and cured ham.
Details and technical informations about Château de Bellet's Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Airen
This is a very old variety that is still very present in Spain, and can also be found in Portugal, but is practically unknown in France. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rouge from Château de Bellet are 2014, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2011.
Informations about the Château de Bellet
The Château de Bellet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in the of Bellet to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bellet
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 wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
