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

Château de Bel-Air
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 pasta carbonara, vitello alla genovese (roast veal with sponge cake) or traditional welsh dark beer.

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 andouillette and baked potato gratin or creamy tomato squid.

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

  • Marsanne
  • Roussanne

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 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: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Bel-Air

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: 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.

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

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

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