The Château Maucoil of Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Rhone Valley

Château Maucoil
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Lavau.
It is ranked in the top 29 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château Maucoil is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Maucoil wines

Looking for the best Château Maucoil wines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Maucoil 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 Maucoil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Maucoil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Maucoil

How Château Maucoil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of leg of lamb with herb stuffing, magic cake cheese quiche or express chicken skewers with spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Maucoil

On the nose the red wine of Château Maucoil. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château Maucoil. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Maucoil

  • 2007With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.38/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.12/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Pinnacle of great southern Rhône reds, up to 13 blended grapes: signature Grenache as king — powerful and structured with notes of black cherry, kirsch, garrigue, leather, tar and sweet spices, firm tannins when young and gamey complexity with ageing. Deep Syrah, dense Mourvèdre and supple Cinsault complete it. Rare full whites (Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne) with almond, anise, honeysuckle notes. Legendary AOC (1936), rolled pebbles, mistral and sun.

The top white wines of Château Maucoil

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Maucoil

How Château Maucoil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of leeks with ham and béchamel sauce, tuna, goat cheese and mustard pie or comtose pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Maucoil

On the nose the white wine of Château Maucoil. often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oaky or butter. In the mouth the white wine of Château Maucoil. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Maucoil

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Roussanne
  • Bourboulenc

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Vibrant and fresh rosés and clairets with a pale robe and tender mouth, featuring aromas of white flowers, citrus, fennel and delicate anise notes. Moderate acidity, light finish. A pink-skinned mutation of clairette blanche, occasionally blended into Provençal and Languedoc rosés. Clairette blanche signs Clairette de Die, Clairette du Languedoc AOC and enters Châteauneuf-du-Pape whites. Native southern French grape.

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Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).