The Château Bellefontaine of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château Bellefontaine
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 3679 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley
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The Château Bellefontaine is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Bellefontaine wines

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

The top red wines of Château Bellefontaine

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Bellefontaine

How Château Bellefontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, leg of lamb in butterfly (barbecue) or saddle of hare jura style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Bellefontaine

In the mouth the red wine of Château Bellefontaine. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Bellefontaine.

  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

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 Bellefontaine

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Bellefontaine

How Château Bellefontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, sublime salmon (stuffed salmon) or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Bellefontaine

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Bellefontaine.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Grenache Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Château Bellefontaine

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Bellefontaine

How Château Bellefontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!, pasta gratin or creamy tomato squid.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Bellefontaine.

  • Grenache
  • Viognier
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Gutedel

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The top sweet wines of Château Bellefontaine

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Bellefontaine

How Château Bellefontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of homemade burger, cassoulet or scallops with cream.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Bellefontaine.

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc

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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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