The Château Pion is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Guyenne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Pion wines in Guyenne among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Pion 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 Pion wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Pion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of boeuf en daube, leg of lamb brissac (leftover leg of lamb) or chicken chawarma.
On the nose the red wine of Château Pion. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, non oak or oak.
45 kilometres east of Bordeaux, Blasimon is perched on a hillside overlooking the Gamage, a tributary of the Dordogne. Its hilly sites and its calm make it an ideal place to relax. A Village of medieval origin, its origin reflects the traditional organization of the bastides. The city conceals one of the Romanesque jewels of the Gironde, the Benedictine abbey of the X-XIII th centuries.
Also worth seeing are the medieval mills of Labarthe and Borie, the remains of the feudal Castle of Blasimon, the manor house of Pousse-Bourre, the church of Piis and the ruins of the Bonne Nouvelle chapel. The Cave Coopérative was created in 1935 and brings together winegrowers who have owned properties that have been handed down for several generations. It has a production capacity of 56,000 hectolitres of red wines with the "Bordeaux" appellation and white wines with the "Bordeaux" and "Entre-deux-Mers" appellations. Throughout the year, the Vine is surrounded by intensive care, the culture is always done according to very precise rules.
How Château Pion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of tuna and cream cheese pie, paella de marisco (seafood paella) or french toast.
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Pion. often reveals types of flavors of cheese, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or dried fruit.
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.
Planning a wine route in the of Guyenne? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Pion.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
