Château La CosteGrand Vin Blanc
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Vermentino.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grand Vin Blanc of Château La Coste in the region of Provence often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, butter or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Grand Vin Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Grand Vin Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Grand Vin Blanc
The Grand Vin Blanc of Château La Coste matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pork stew with bacon and cream, quick smoked salmon croque-monsieur or chicken and shrimp jambalaya.
Details and technical informations about Château La Coste's Grand Vin Blanc.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grand Vin Blanc from Château La Coste are 2018, 2015, 2017
Informations about the Château La Coste
The Château La Coste is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence
Côteaux d'Aix-en-Provence is one of the main French appellations in the Provence wine region, located in the extreme southeast of the country. It is the second largest appellation in the region, with about 4,000 hectares North and west of Aix-en-Provence - the town from which it takes its name. The area also bears the tiny title of AOCPalette. The Côteaux d'Aix-en-Provence appellation was first introduced as a VDQS in 1956, having been informally known as Côteaux du Roy René (René d'Anjou being a 15th century French king famous for his love of wine and the Vine).
The wine region of Provence
Provence is a wine region in the far southeast of France, best known for the quality (and quantity) of its rosé wines and for its Warm, mild Climate. The modernization that is taking place in many of the traditional wine regions of southern France has not yet taken place to the same extent in Provence, but there are Clear signs of change. The region's Grape varieties, in particular, have come under scrutiny in recent decades. Traditional varieties such as Carignan, Barbaroux (Barbarossa from Sardinia) and Calitor are being replaced by more commercially viable varieties such as Grenache, Syrah and even Cabernet Sauvignon.
The word of the wine: Grand Cru
In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.
