The Château Bellevue La Forét of Fronton of South West

Château Bellevue La Forét
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Fronton in the region of South West
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The Château Bellevue La Forét is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Fronton to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Bellevue La Forét wines

Looking for the best Château Bellevue La Forét wines in Fronton among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Bellevue La Forét 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 Bellevue La Forét wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Bellevue La Forét

How Château Bellevue La Forét wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of caramelized beef with onions, pasta with ham or veal colombo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

On the nose the red wine of Château Bellevue La Forét. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Bellevue La Forét. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Bellevue La Forét.

  • Negrette
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Fronton

The wine region of Fronton is located in the region of Haut-Pays of South West of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Bellevue La Forét or the Château Baudare produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Fronton are Négrette, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Fronton often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, apricot or minerality.

In the mouth of Fronton is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 89 estates and châteaux in the of Fronton, producing 317 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Fronton go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top pink wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Bellevue La Forét

How Château Bellevue La Forét wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of tuscan pastachute, ham and comté quiche or palm trees for the aperitif!.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

On the nose the pink wine of Château Bellevue La Forét. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or strawberries. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Bellevue La Forét. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Bellevue La Forét.

  • Negrette
  • Gamay
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top white wines of Château Bellevue La Forét

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Bellevue La Forét

How Château Bellevue La Forét wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of the real recipe for carbonara, quiche without eggs or korean bibimbap.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Bellevue La Forét.

  • Viognier
  • Petit Manseng
  • Roussanne

The word of the wine: Shoulder

The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Bellevue La Forét

Planning a wine route in the of Fronton? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Bellevue La Forét.

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

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The word of the wine: Shoulder

The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.

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