The Château de Bel-Air of Moulin-à-Vent of Beaujolais

Château de Bel-Air - Comtesse Noire Brouilly
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 32 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Moulin-à-Vent in the region of Beaujolais
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The Château de Bel-Air is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Moulin-à-Vent to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Bel-Air wines

Looking for the best Château de Bel-Air wines in Moulin-à-Vent among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Bel-Air 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 Bel-Air wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château de Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Bel-Air

How Château de Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pistou soup complete, sauté of veal with chorizo or roast pork with milk.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Bel-Air

On the nose the red wine of Château de Bel-Air. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Bel-Air. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Bel-Air

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Bel-Air.

  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Moulin-à-Vent

Moulin-a-Vent is arguably the most remarkable of the ten Beaujolais crus, located in the far North of the Beaujolais region. Moulin-a-Vent wines, made from the Gamay Grape, are known to be among the most concentrated and Tannic of the Beaujolais, a far cry from the light and simple wines of Beaujolais Nouveau. Floral">floral and Fruity in their youth, these wines often develop Spicy and earthy characteristics as they age. The Moulin-a-Vent Vineyards stretch across the Rhône and Saône et Loire departments, on the west bank of the Saône.

The appellation borders Fleurie to the South, and the Chenas vineyard Lies directly to the north. In fact, the official boundaries of Moulin-a-Vent cover the land of the administrative commune of Chenas, and the vineyards surrounding the town of Chenas itself fall under the Moulin-a-Vent appellation. The most striking feature of the terroir is the pink granite soil with veins of manganese running through it. This mineral - not found in any other Beaujolais crus - is toxic to the vines and retards the growth of the leafy vegetation and grape bunches.

The top white wines of Château de Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Bel-Air

How Château de Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork or shellfish such as recipes of cassoulet or paella josé style.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Bel-Air.

  • Marsanne
  • Roussanne

Discover the grape variety: Marsanne

Marsanne is a white grape variety that originated in Montélimar in the Drôme, several centuries ago. Marsanne is also found in Cassis, Savoie, Languedoc-Roussillon and Saint-Péray in the Ardèche, where it produces remarkable sparkling wines. The warm, sunny climate of the Rhone Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence, as well as the dry, stony soil, are ideal conditions for its development. Its bunches are quite large and provide small, juicy berries that are sensitive to grey rot and strong winds. These two grape varieties complement each other perfectly: together they give light wines with little acidity, aromas of yellow fruit, white fruit and flowers with notes of honey and liquorice. This is for example what the appellations Saint-Péray, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône, Corbières, or Cassis express... which represent about 700 hectares.

The top pink wines of Château de Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Bel-Air

How Château de Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Budding

Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine corresponding to the bursting of the buds and the appearance of the first leaves.

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Planning a wine route in the of Moulin-à-Vent? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de Bel-Air.

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.

News about Château de Bel-Air and wines from the region

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Louis-Fabrice Latour: Obituary

Latour was the 11th generation of his family to lead Maison Louis Latour (and the seventh named Louis Latour). The house of Latour was formally founded in 1797, although the roots go back to the first vineyards purchased in 1731 by Denis Latour. The Latour family originally worked as coopers, and Denis’ son Jean moved to Aloxe-Corton to set up an independent cooperage and later to found Maison Louis Latour, naming the business after his son. The house of Latour remains closely associated with th ...

The word of the wine: Budding

Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine corresponding to the bursting of the buds and the appearance of the first leaves.

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