The Château de la Font du Loup of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château de la Font du Loup - Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 96 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château de la Font du Loup is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de la Font du Loup wines

Looking for the best Château de la Font du Loup wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de la Font du Loup 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 la Font du Loup wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château de la Font du Loup

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de la Font du Loup

How Château de la Font du Loup wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of dad's lamb mouse, stuffed pumpkin or chicken fajitas.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de la Font du Loup

On the nose the red wine of Château de la Font du Loup. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, floral or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château de la Font du Loup. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de la Font du Loup

  • 2007With an average score of 4.42/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.18/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de la Font du Loup.

  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.

However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.

The top white wines of Château de la Font du Loup

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de la Font du Loup

How Château de la Font du Loup 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 baked pork chops, spinach, smoked salmon and ricotta lasagne or 4 cheese tart.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de la Font du Loup

On the nose the white wine of Château de la Font du Loup. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, lemon or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château de la Font du Loup. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de la Font du Loup

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de la Font du Loup.

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Bourboulenc
  • Roussanne
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top pink wines of Château de la Font du Loup

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de la Font du Loup

How Château de la Font du Loup wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Length

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de la Font du Loup

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône méridional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de la Font du Loup.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château de la Font du Loup and wines from the region

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

Walls: Tavel and its unexpected revolution

When asked which is the most exciting appellation in the Rhône, there’s one that currently springs to mind before all others: Tavel. I have to be honest with you: I don’t buy much rosé. So, given that Tavel is, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘one of France’s few all-rosé appellations,’ my response might be unexpected. The Oxford Companion is technically correct, of course – the wines made here are paler than a typical red wine. But compared to other rosés, that’s where the comparison ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise

Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

The word of the wine: Length

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.