The Château Chantal of Michigan

Château Chantal
The winery offers 36 different wines
3.7
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Michigan.
It is located in Michigan

The Château Chantal is one of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Michigan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Chantal wines

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

The top pink wines of Château Chantal

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Chantal

How Château Chantal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef fashion, red mullet, mackerel, tuna, salmon sushi or fondue savoyarde style.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Chantal

  • 2016With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Midwestern United States, located between Great Lakes Huron and Michigan, along the northern border of the United States with Canada. Grape wine production in the state focuses on cool Climate vinifera varieties, while fruit wine production is also significant. The state is also known for its craft breweries and a growing spirits industry. Riesling has quickly become the most important noble grape, supported by varieties such as Pinot blanc, pinot grigio and Gewurztraminer.

The Bordeaux varieties, Gamay and Pinot Noir are among the most important red varieties. In regions further inland from the Great Lakes, cold-hardy Hybrid grapes are more common. Examples include Marquette, Frontenac and Vidal. Michigan is one of the few wine regions in the world that can produce natural ice wines.

The top white wines of Château Chantal

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Chantal

How Château Chantal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pasta carbonara almost like the real thing, salmon lasagna or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Chantal

On the nose the white wine of Château Chantal. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Chantal

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

The top sparkling wines of Château Chantal

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château Chantal

How Château Chantal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed red mullet ballotines, spanish paella or pheasant in a casserole with white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Château Chantal

On the nose the sparkling wine of Château Chantal. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château Chantal.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Blanc

The word of the wine: Flow

Action consisting of draining the wine from a vat of red wine (free-run wine), the marc then being pressed to obtain the press wine.

The top sweet wines of Château Chantal

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Chantal

How Château Chantal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, tuna nuggets or shrimp in coconut milk curry.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Chantal

On the nose the sweet wine of Château Chantal. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Chantal

  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top red wines of Château Chantal

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Chantal

How Château Chantal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), chiche kebab in armenian or turkey osso buco.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Chantal

On the nose the red wine of Château Chantal. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, earth or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Chantal. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Chantal

  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Triomphe

The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Chantal

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

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.

News about Château Chantal and wines from the region

A panel discussion about the Chablis appellation

This film is the recording of a webinar on Chablis wines organized in December 2020 with four personalities from Hong Kong: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. They explain the purity of Chablis wines, discuss the latest vintages, and also talk about food and wine pairings, as well as global warming and the transition to more sustainable practices. #Chablis #P ...

The appellations of Bourgogne

Understand the hierarchy of Burgundy wine appellations in less than a minute! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines.com/ #BourgogneWines #Bourgogne ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

The word of the wine: Flow

Action consisting of draining the wine from a vat of red wine (free-run wine), the marc then being pressed to obtain the press wine.