The Château les Roques of Côte de Nuits of Burgundy

Château les Roques
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Maison Le Star.
It is ranked in the top 3861 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Côte de Nuits in the region of Burgundy

The Château les Roques is one of the best wineries to follow in Côte de Nuits.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Côte de Nuits to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château les Roques wines

Looking for the best Château les Roques wines in Côte de Nuits among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château les Roques 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 les Roques wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château les Roques

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château les Roques

How Château les Roques wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, chicken with merguez and tomatoes or rabbit with leeks.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château les Roques

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Côte de Nuits

The Côte de Nuits is the northern half of the Côte d'Or wine region in Burgundy (the Southern half being the Côte de Beaune). It specializes in red wines made from Pinot noir grapes, the most famous and expensive of which come from the grand crus of Vosne-Romanée and Chambolle-Musigny. About 95% of all wines produced in the Côte de Nuits are made from a single grape variety: Pinot Noir. The district is widely regarded as the spiritual home of Pinot Noir, a reputation strongly reinforced by such high quality wines as the Grand Cru Romanée-Conti.

The remaining 5% of Côte de Nuits wines are white, made from Burgundy's other star grape, Chardonnay. The district is not known for its white wines - the Côte de Beaune is the white wine mecca of Burgundy - but the few wines that are produced there are generally of very high quality. The finest are produced under the Vougeot Premier Cru appellation, but a small number come from the Musigny Grand Cru Vineyard. While the Côte de Beaune, to the south, is larger and more prolific, the Côte de Nuits favours quality over quantity.

It is home to some of the world's finest red wine vineyards and includes 24 of Burgundy's 33 Grand Crus. The main town is Nuits-Saint-Georges, known as Nuits until it adopted the name of its most favoured vineyard, Les Saint-Georges, in the late 19th century. Although located at the southern end of the coast, Nuits-Saint-Georges is less than 16 km from the northernmost vineyard of the Côte de Nuits, at Marsannay, which demonstrates the small Size of the area in question. Tracing the limestone spine of the Côte d'Or escarpment, the Côte de Nuits is Long and thin, measuring only 24 km from end to end and 3.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château les Roques

Planning a wine route in the of Côte de Nuits? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château les Roques.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château les Roques and wines from the region

Rhône 2020: best-value wines

In his Rhône 2020 vintage report Matt Walls found fresh, vibrant and deliciously drinkable wines across the Northern and Southern appellations, with many wines being approachable now. Given that many wines won’t last as long as previous vintages such as 2016, 2017 and 2019, this could make the 2020s great value picks for immediate drinking. Scroll down to see Matt’s best-value Rhône 2020 tasting notes and scores Walls noted that this is the freshest vintage for whites since 2014, so lovers ...

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

According to lifestyle and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin, you ‘bring your own weather to a picnic’. Ms Rubin, I’d suggest, has never shivered under a tree watching raindrops turn her fish-paste sandwich to mush because the weather forecast was wrong. There are, it’s safe to say, picnics and Picnics. It’s a term that takes in everything from a rubber baguette in a French ‘Aire’ off the Autoroute du Soleil to a four-course spread while listening to opera at Glyndebourne. What’s definitely true is ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Lamb's lettuce

Characteristic of fleshy and consistent wines giving the impression of being chewed.