The Château Fonteuil of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château Fonteuil - Costières-de-Nîmes
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 5355 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château Fonteuil is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fonteuil wines

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

The top red wines of Château Fonteuil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fonteuil

How Château Fonteuil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., rack of lamb with herbs or rabbit in white wine (casserole).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fonteuil

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fonteuil

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.

However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fonteuil

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

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Fonteuil and wines from the region

Walls: Tavel and its unexpected revolution

When asked which is the most exciting appellation in the Rhône, there’s one that currently springs to mind before all others: Tavel. I have to be honest with you: I don’t buy much rosé. So, given that Tavel is, according to The Oxford Companion to Wine, ‘one of France’s few all-rosé appellations,’ my response might be unexpected. The Oxford Companion is technically correct, of course – the wines made here are paler than a typical red wine. But compared to other rosés, that’s where the comparison ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise

Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine A&E Verset, Cornas

Emmanuelle Verset is the sixth generation to make wine in her family, and represents the E in Domaine A&E Verset. The A is for Alain, her father. She took over from him in 2016 at the age of 24, and is one of the few female winemakers in Cornas. The Verset name runs deep in this part of the Rhône. You might have heard of Noël Verset (1919 – 2015), whose bottles are highly sought-after today – Noël was Alain’s uncle. Scroll down to see Matt Walls tasting notes and scores for six Domaine A& ...

The word of the wine: Brilliant

Said of a very limpid robe whose reflections shine strongly in the light.