The Château Saint Alban of Costières-de-Nîmes of Rhone Valley

Château Saint Alban - Costières de Nîmes Rosé
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 84 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Costières-de-Nîmes in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château Saint Alban is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Costières-de-Nîmes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Saint Alban wines

Looking for the best Château Saint Alban wines in Costières-de-Nîmes among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Saint Alban 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 Saint Alban wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Château Saint Alban

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Saint Alban

How Château Saint Alban wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of wild boar bourguignon, mexican salad with spicy dressing or mussels with marinara.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Château Saint Alban

On the nose the pink wine of Château Saint Alban. often reveals types of flavors of melon, tree fruit. In the mouth the pink wine of Château Saint Alban. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château Saint Alban

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes

The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scamandre or the Château d'Or et de Gueules produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costières-de-Nîmes are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costières-de-Nîmes often reveals types of flavors of non oak, thyme or raisin and sometimes also flavors of clove, cocoa or coffee.

In the mouth of Costières-de-Nîmes is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 316 estates and châteaux in the of Costières-de-Nîmes, producing 875 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Costières-de-Nîmes go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Château Saint Alban

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Saint Alban

How Château Saint Alban wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef curry, leg of lamb with crust or adapted vietnamese fondue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Saint Alban

In the mouth the red wine of Château Saint Alban. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Saint Alban

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Saint Alban

Planning a wine route in the of Costières-de-Nîmes? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Saint Alban.

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 Saint Alban and wines from the region

Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record

A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

We are excited to announce the first of Decanter’s Wine Experiences, a series of carefully curated wine trips hosted by our regional wine specialists. Each trip is a carefully tailored once-in-a-lifetime experience that will grant guests access to the best vineyards, restaurants and wine experts of the region.   Starting with a trip to the Rhône valley, Matt Walls will be hosting the first Decanter Wine Experience, imparting his knowledge of the region which he has honed over the years while rep ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

The word of the wine: Grape

Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.