The Château Estanilles of Faugères of Languedoc-Roussillon

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The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 75 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Faugères in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon

The Château Estanilles is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Faugères to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Estanilles wines

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

The top red wines of Château Estanilles

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Estanilles

How Château Estanilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of kig ar farz breton, lasagna bolognese or beef colombo bourguignon style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Estanilles

In the mouth the red wine of Château Estanilles. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Estanilles

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan

Discovering the wine region of Faugères

Faugeres is an appellation in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. Although it also covers white and rosé wines, the appellation is best known for its Rich, ripe red wines made from the classic Rhone varieties of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre, as well as the more MediterraneanCinsaut and Lladoner Pelut. The appellation covers the southern slopes of a series of hills only a few kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. The town of Faugeres forms the centre of the area, which extends 10 km from east to west.

The town of Carcassonne is a Short distance to the southwest. This position is very important for the Terroir of Faugeres, as the hills protect against the cold influences of the northern Massif Central and orient the vines towards the prevailing sun. This gives Faugeres a Warm, classically Mediterranean Climate, where even the later grape varieties like Mourvèdre can reach Full maturity. As is often the case, the best sites are on the steeper slopes at the top of the hill, while the vineyards on the plains stretching out towards the sea produce mostly lower quality wines that are often sold under the regional PGI title.

The top white wines of Château Estanilles

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Estanilles

How Château Estanilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of chinese soy and chicken noodles (wok style), quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or thai rice, asian style.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Estanilles

In the mouth the white wine of Château Estanilles. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Estanilles

  • 2015With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne

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.

The top pink wines of Château Estanilles

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Estanilles

How Château Estanilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with parmesan cream and ham, quiche without pastry or bruschetta with mozzarella.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Estanilles

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

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Château Estanilles and wines from the region

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 ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

Many wine styles can seem perplexing at first: imagine the first bottle of Barolo if you only know Barossa Shiraz, or the first bottle of Jura Savagnin if you were brought up on California Chardonnay. With time, thought and repeated tasting, though, comes understanding. You learn each wine’s syntax and lexicon, its hints and inferences. You grasp the ways in which each style communicates. Its beauty dawns, then grows. Rosé wine sales grew 23% worldwide between 2002 and 2019. Its fuel has come fr ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

Many wine styles can seem perplexing at first: imagine the first bottle of Barolo if you only know Barossa Shiraz, or the first bottle of Jura Savagnin if you were brought up on California Chardonnay. With time, thought and repeated tasting, though, comes understanding. You learn each wine’s syntax and lexicon, its hints and inferences. You grasp the ways in which each style communicates. Its beauty dawns, then grows. Rosé wine sales grew 23% worldwide between 2002 and 2019. Its fuel has come fr ...

The word of the wine: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.