The Chateau Fontaine of Michigan

Chateau Fontaine
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Michigan.
It is located in Michigan

The Chateau Fontaine is one of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Michigan to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Chateau Fontaine wines

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

The top red wines of Chateau Fontaine

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Chateau Fontaine

How Chateau Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, lamb tagine with honey and onions or chicken tagine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Chateau Fontaine

On the nose the red wine of Chateau Fontaine. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Chateau Fontaine

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Chateau Fontaine.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Midwestern United States, located between Great Lakes Huron and Michigan, along the northern border of the United States with Canada. Grape wine production in the state focuses on cool Climate vinifera varieties, while fruit wine production is also significant. The state is also known for its craft breweries and a growing spirits industry. Riesling has quickly become the most important noble grape, supported by varieties such as Pinot blanc, pinot grigio and Gewurztraminer.

The Bordeaux varieties, Gamay and Pinot Noir are among the most important red varieties. In regions further inland from the Great Lakes, cold-hardy Hybrid grapes are more common. Examples include Marquette, Frontenac and Vidal. Michigan is one of the few wine regions in the world that can produce natural ice wines.

The top white wines of Chateau Fontaine

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Chateau Fontaine

How Chateau Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of traditional welsh dark beer, sea bream in foil on the barbecue or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Chateau Fontaine

On the nose the white wine of Chateau Fontaine. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Chateau Fontaine

  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Chateau Fontaine.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top pink wines of Chateau Fontaine

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Chateau Fontaine

How Chateau Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Chateau Fontaine

On the nose the pink wine of Chateau Fontaine. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The word of the wine: Animal

Generic smell of aromatic families reminiscent of fur, game, musk, civet, amber and sometimes unpleasant smells of wet hair. The old books on tasting give as an example of animal aroma the belly of hare.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Chateau Fontaine

Planning a wine route in the of Michigan? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Chateau Fontaine.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Chateau Fontaine and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Nicolas Ferrari

Nicolas Ferrari, from Domaine Ferrari, explains how the Irancy Village appellation has been created over the years. He also reveal the ageing capacity of the appellation and invites us to be patient “ Our patience is always rewarded with an Irancy”. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

The word of the wine: Animal

Generic smell of aromatic families reminiscent of fur, game, musk, civet, amber and sometimes unpleasant smells of wet hair. The old books on tasting give as an example of animal aroma the belly of hare.