The Château Pion of Guyenne of South West

Château Pion - Côtes de Bergerac
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 33 of the estates of South West.
It is located in Guyenne in the region of South West

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.

Top Château Pion wines

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.

The top red wines of Château Pion

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Pion

How Château Pion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, sloth pork loin or duck parmentier.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Pion

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.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Pion

  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Guyenne

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.

The top sweet wines of Château Pion

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Pion

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 pasta with tuna and tomato, marinated shrimp sautéed asian style or express cherry clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Château Pion

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.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Château Pion

  • 2010With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Pion.

  • Muscadelle
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

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

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Pion

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.

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Château Pion and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Stamping

Marking of corks, barrels or cases with an iron.