The Château de Pierreux of Brouilly of Beaujolais

Château de Pierreux - Brouilly
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Boisset Collection.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Brouilly in the region of Beaujolais

The Château de Pierreux is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Brouilly to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Pierreux wines

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

The top red wines of Château de Pierreux

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Pierreux

How Château de Pierreux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of spaghetti with salmon, veal tagine with prunes or veal saltimbocca.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Pierreux

On the nose the red wine of Château de Pierreux. often reveals types of flavors of cream, non oak or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of red plum, red currant or tomatoes. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Pierreux. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Pierreux

  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Brouilly

Brouilly is an appellation for red wines produced from Vineyards in north-central Beaujolais. The lower slopes of Mont Brouilly and the surrounding countryside contain large plantings of the Gamay Grape. The wines produced here are relatively robust and Full-bodied, in contrast to the light, fresh wines of Beaujolais Nouveau. The wines are fruitier than many of the other Beaujolais crus, with plum and berry flavors overpowering the traditional Floral">floralCharacter of Gamay.

The appellation was officially delimited along with most other Beaujolais crus in the 1930s. While the appellation applies only to red wines, the white varieties Chardonnay, Aligoté and Melon de Bourgogne can account for 15% of the vineyard area. They are also authorised as a minor component of the blend in Brouilly wines. The Brouilly wine area covers six communes around Mont Brouilly, none of which bears the name Brouilly, which is unusual for a Beaujolais cru.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Pierreux

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

Discover the grape variety: Xarello

Most certainly Spanish, it is practically unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A2.

News about Château de Pierreux and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Size (champagne)

Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.