The Winery Famille Castillon of Costières-de-Nîmes of Rhone Valley

The Winery Famille Castillon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Costières-de-Nîmes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Famille Castillon wines in Costières-de-Nîmes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Famille Castillon 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 Famille Castillon wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Famille Castillon 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 braised (green) cabbage, chinese fondue or magic wrap with steak and cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Famille Castillon. often reveals types of flavors of pear, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Famille Castillon. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scamandre or the Château d'Or et de Gueules produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costières-de-Nîmes are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costières-de-Nîmes often reveals types of flavors of non oak, thyme or raisin and sometimes also flavors of clove, cocoa or coffee.
In the mouth of Costières-de-Nîmes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Costières-de-Nîmes, producing 875 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Costières-de-Nîmes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Winery Famille Castillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of korean bibimbap, lamb with vermicelli or duck breast with honey sauce.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Famille Castillon. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
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.
How Winery Famille Castillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of cannelloni with parma ham, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or cake with olives and bacon.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Famille Castillon. often reveals types of flavors of peach, strawberries or apricot and sometimes also flavors of wild strawberries, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Winery Famille Castillon. is a with a nice freshness.
Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.
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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.