Winery Berard Père & FilsLes Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or lamb.
Taste structure of the Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Winery Berard Père & Fils
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Berard Père & Fils in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Berard Père & Fils in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Original food and wine pairings with Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Berard Père & Fils matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes, pigeon with bacon and mushrooms or pumpkin and bacon pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Berard Père & Fils's Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Discover the grape variety: Nebbiolo
A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Cigales Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Winery Berard Père & Fils are 2013, 2010, 2000
Informations about the Winery Berard Père & Fils
The Winery Berard Père & Fils is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Sweet
Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.
