The Château Duvalier of Rio Grande do Sul

Château Duvalier - Branco
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 2206 of the estates of Rio Grande do Sul.
It is located in Rio Grande do Sul

The Château Duvalier is one of the best wineries to follow in Rio Grande do Sul.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Rio Grande do Sul to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Duvalier wines

Looking for the best Château Duvalier wines in Rio Grande do Sul among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Duvalier 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 Duvalier wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château Duvalier

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Duvalier

How Château Duvalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of wild boar stew, tuna nuggets or jambalaya (louisiana).

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Duvalier

  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Duvalier.

  • Riesling
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grande do Sul is Brazil's most prolific wine-producing state. It is located in the very South of the country along the Uruguayan and Argentinian borders. The wine regions of Serra Gaucha, Campanha and Vale do Vinhedos can be found in this Part of the country. Soft, light red wines from a range of varieties such as Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat are made here.

Rich white wines from Chardonnay and Viognier are also produced. However, it is the fresh, FruitySparkling wines made here in the Italian spumante style that have captured the most attention. Today, Rio Grande do Sul is responsible for around 90 percent of Brazilian wine production, although only a small amount of this is quality wine made from Vitis vinifera grape varieties. Vitis labrusca and Hybrid grape varieties such as Isabella and Concord are better suited to the terroir here and still make up the majority of plantings.

The state lies some 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of the city of Sao Paulo and 300km (200 miles) North of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. Rio Grande do Sul (which means "great river of the south") is essentially a continuation of the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay. These are fertile lowlands that consist mainly of low, rolling hills and plains. In the more northern part of the state, the landscapes rise into low mountain ranges that extend northward into the bordering state, Santa Catarina.

The top red wines of Château Duvalier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Duvalier

How Château Duvalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), pork roll with mustard or magret with pepper.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Duvalier

  • 1990With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.21/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat 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 large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Château Duvalier

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Duvalier

How Château Duvalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chili con carne, quiche lorraine or saddle of venison with fresh cream.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Duvalier

  • 2008With an average score of 3.06/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Duvalier.

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: R-C (champagne)

Harvesting-cooperator. It is the cooperative which elaborates the champagne of its members from their mixed contributions. It gives them bottles on which they stick their own label. It is legal without being intellectually honest. When you walk around the Champagne region, you may come across signs that say "Vigneron récoltant" to indicate a member of a cooperative. You can always ask him where his vats and press are.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Duvalier

Planning a wine route in the of Rio Grande do Sul? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Duvalier.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Duvalier and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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My life and job as a personal wine consultant

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Rare Haut-Brion helps Prince Robert of Luxembourg cellar auction ‘smash’ estimate

All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m.  Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...

The word of the wine: R-C (champagne)

Harvesting-cooperator. It is the cooperative which elaborates the champagne of its members from their mixed contributions. It gives them bottles on which they stick their own label. It is legal without being intellectually honest. When you walk around the Champagne region, you may come across signs that say "Vigneron récoltant" to indicate a member of a cooperative. You can always ask him where his vats and press are.