The Château le Plaisir of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château le Plaisir - Cairanne
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3471 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château le Plaisir is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château le Plaisir wines

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

The top red wines of Château le Plaisir

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château le Plaisir

How Château le Plaisir wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, leg of lamb in braillouse or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château le Plaisir

On the nose the red wine of Château le Plaisir. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Château le Plaisir. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château le Plaisir

  • 2011With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan
  • Cinsault

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 le Plaisir

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 le Plaisir.

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 le Plaisir and wines from the region

Walls: top northern Rhône whites under £30

Find Matt Walls’ 22 top-value northern Rhône whites below, and look out for his top 52 northern Rhône reds under £30 which will be published on 11th October. The northern Rhône produces just 5% of the total volume made in the broader Rhône Valley growing area. As demand for these wines increases, it’s not surprising to see prices ticking up. But it’s still possible to find some excellent wines retailing under £30 a bottle in the UK. Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for 22 great val ...

Hugh Johnson: ‘I’ve formed a bond with Grillo and flirted with Verdicchio’

I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Thick

Said of a heavy, pasty wine lacking in finesse.