The Château des Comtes de Chabannes of Brouilly of Beaujolais

Château des Comtes de Chabannes - Brouilly
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 224 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Brouilly in the region of Beaujolais

The Château des Comtes de Chabannes is one of the best wineries to follow in Brouilly.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Brouilly to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château des Comtes de Chabannes wines

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

The top red wines of Château des Comtes de Chabannes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château des Comtes de Chabannes

How Château des Comtes de Chabannes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of salmon and spinach lasagna, gigolette of rabbit or magic cake cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château des Comtes de Chabannes

  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château des Comtes de Chabannes.

  • 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 des Comtes de Chabannes

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 des Comtes de Chabannes.

Discover the grape variety: Corvinone

It has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, but in France it is hardly known. It should not be confused with corvina, another Italian grape variety that is very present in the same region, both of which are most often associated with rondinella and molinara.

News about Château des Comtes de Chabannes and wines from the region

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