The Château de Font Vive of Bandol of Provence

Château de Font Vive - Bandol Blanc
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 47 of the estates of Provence.
It is located in Bandol in the region of Provence

The Château de Font Vive is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Bandol to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Font Vive wines

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

The top white wines of Château de Font Vive

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Font Vive

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

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Font Vive

On the nose the white wine of Château de Font Vive. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Font Vive

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Font Vive.

  • Ugni blanc
  • Clairette

Discovering the wine region of Bandol

Bandol is a key appellation in the wine region of Provence, in the far southeast of France. Created in 1941, the appellation covers red, white and rosé wines from approximately 1,550 hectares of vineyards located around the coastal town of Bandol on the Mediterranean coast. These are spread unevenly over eight communes in the Var dePartment, the majority being located just North of Bandol, in Le Beausset, La Cadière-d'Azur, Le Castellet and Évenos. Bandol is best known for its red wines, which constitute the majority of the appellation's production.

These contain a high proportion of Mourvèdre - the appellation rules require at least 50%. Using this amount of such a Spicy and Powerful grape makes for a wine with Character that is difficult to produce in any other part of France. Mourvèdre will only ripen reliably in a Climate as sunny and Warm as that which prevails along the Mediterranean coast. Grenache is the other main component of Bandol's red (and rosé) wines.

The top pink wines of Château de Font Vive

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Font Vive

How Château de Font Vive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of quick brioche sausage, paella from an old spanish grandmother... or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château de Font Vive

On the nose the pink wine of Château de Font Vive. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château de Font Vive. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château de Font Vive

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château de Font Vive.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

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.

The top red wines of Château de Font Vive

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Font Vive

How Château de Font Vive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of stuffed peppers or ham and comté quiche.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Font Vive

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Font Vive.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Concentrator

A device that removes water from grape must by reverse osmosis or entropy system. Its proponents say that it is better to remove water than to add sugar to produce more alcohol. The improperly used concentrator can also exaggerate bad tastes or greenness of tannins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Font Vive

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

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.

News about Château de Font Vive and wines from the region

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’

My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...

The word of the wine: Concentrator

A device that removes water from grape must by reverse osmosis or entropy system. Its proponents say that it is better to remove water than to add sugar to produce more alcohol. The improperly used concentrator can also exaggerate bad tastes or greenness of tannins.