The Château Moyau of Languedoc of Languedoc-Roussillon

Château Moyau - 1792
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 64 of the estates of Languedoc-Roussillon.
It is located in Languedoc in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Château Moyau is one of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Languedoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Moyau wines

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

The top red wines of Château Moyau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Moyau

How Château Moyau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of family potluck, spaghetti with courgettes and italian ham or sauté of veal with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Moyau

On the nose the red wine of Château Moyau. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or microbio and sometimes also flavors of marzipan, raisin or cassis. In the mouth the red wine of Château Moyau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Moyau

  • 2009With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.88/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Languedoc

Languedoc (formerly Coteaux du Languedoc) is a key appellation used in the Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It covers Dry table wines of all three colors (red, white and rosé) from the entire region, but leaves Sweet and Sparkling wines to other more specialized appellations. About 75% of all Languedoc wines are red, with the remaining 25% split roughly down the middle between whites and rosés. The appellation covers most of the Languedoc region and almost a third of all the vineyards in France.

The typical Languedoc red wine is medium-bodied and Fruity. The best examples are slightly heavier and have darker, more savoury aromas, with notes of spice, undergrowth and leather. The Grape varieties used to make them are the classic southern French ones: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre, often with a touch of Carignan or Cinsaut. The white wines of the appellation are made from Grenache Blanc, Clairette and Bourboulenc, with occasional use of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne from the Rhône Valley.

The top white wines of Château Moyau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Moyau

How Château Moyau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of ricotta and spinach lasagna, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or chicken risotto with curry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Moyau

On the nose the white wine of Château Moyau. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Moyau

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5

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

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

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

The top pink wines of Château Moyau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Moyau

How Château Moyau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of macaroni and cheese, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or macaroons foie gras / figs.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château Moyau

On the nose the pink wine of Château Moyau. often reveals types of flavors of peach, strawberries or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Moyau

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Oenologist

Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Moyau

Planning a wine route in the of Languedoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Moyau.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Moyau and wines from the region

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Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

The word of the wine: Oenologist

Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.

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