The Château Malijay of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château Malijay
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1321 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château Malijay is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Château Malijay wine estate is located in the region of Southern Rhône, in the South of France. Nestled in the heart of the Rhône valley, the estate covers about 42 hectares of vineyards. The terroir of Château Malijay is exceptional, with soils consisting of rolled pebbles, fine sands, and clays. These geological features give the wines a unique typicity and contribute to the production of superior quality grapes. Moreover, the Mediterranean climate of the region, characterized by mild winters and hot summers, is ideal for winemaking with a wide variety of grape varieties, including Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault for the reds and rosés, and Roussanne, Marsanne, white Grenache and Viognier for the whites. The Château Malijay wine estate practices sustainable viticulture, respectful of the environment. The soil work is done traditionally and yields are controlled to favor the quality of the grapes. The harvest is carried out by hand at optimal maturity. The wines are carefully aged in barrels for varying durations depending on the type of wine and the vintage. Château Malijay is renowned for its Côtes-du-Rhône wines, particularly the Côtes-du-Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu. This expressive and complex red wine is produced from old vines yielding limited outputs. It is characterized by notes of black fruits, spices, and pepper, with a nice length in the mouth. Beyond wine production, Château Malijay also offers a wine tourism experience with estate tours and tastings of its wines.

Top Château Malijay wines

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

The top red wines of Château Malijay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Malijay

How Château Malijay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, eggplant, lamb and goat lasagna or rabbit with beer and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Malijay

On the nose the red wine of Château Malijay. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, red fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Malijay. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Malijay

  • 2021With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Carignan

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.

The top white wines of Château Malijay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Malijay

How Château Malijay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), duck aiguillettes or skate wings with black butter sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Malijay

On the nose the white wine of Château Malijay. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Malijay

  • 2016With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Malijay.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Grenache
  • Marsanne

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top pink wines of Château Malijay

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Malijay

How Château Malijay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of puchero, lamb curry or tunisian mloukia of grandmother mimi.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château Malijay.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Muscardin

The word of the wine: Draft liquor

Liqueur composed of sugar dissolved in wine, used for the dosage of sparkling wines made by the traditional method. It is also known as "liqueur d'expédition" or "liqueur de dosage".

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Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

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