The Winery Christophe Lapierre of Beaujolais

Winery Christophe Lapierre
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1307 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Winery Christophe Lapierre is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Christophe Lapierre wines

Looking for the best Winery Christophe Lapierre wines in Beaujolais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Christophe Lapierre 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 Winery Christophe Lapierre wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Christophe Lapierre

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Christophe Lapierre

How Winery Christophe Lapierre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of marco's pasta with bacon, beef colombo bourguignon style or spaghetti carbonara.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Christophe Lapierre

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Christophe Lapierre. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Christophe Lapierre

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Christophe Lapierre.

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Beaujolais

Beaujolais is an important wine region in eastern France, famous for its vibrant, Fruity red wines made from Gamay. It is located immediately South of Burgundy, of which it is sometimes considered a Part, although it is in the administrative region of Rhône. The extensive plantings of Gamay in this region make Beaujolais one of the few regions in the world that is so concentrated on a single Grape variety. Pinot Noir is used in small quantities in red and rosé wines, but in the name of regional identity, it is being phased out and will only be allowed until the 2015 harvest.

Although best known for its red wines, the region also produces white Beaujolais Blanc, from Chardonnay and Aligote. These two white wine varieties are also sometimes used in local red wines, in which they can make up to 15% of the Final blend. There are several forms of Beaujolais red wine: standard Beaujolais (including Beaujolais Supérieur), Beaujolais Villages and the Young, characterful Beaujolais Nouveau. The highest quality wines of the region are those of the ten Beaujolais crus - ten wine regions Long recognized as the best in the region.

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Discover the grape variety: Knipperlé

Knipperlé blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). 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 small to medium sized grapes. Knipperlé blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Christophe Lapierre and wines from the region

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

According to lifestyle and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin, you ‘bring your own weather to a picnic’. Ms Rubin, I’d suggest, has never shivered under a tree watching raindrops turn her fish-paste sandwich to mush because the weather forecast was wrong. There are, it’s safe to say, picnics and Picnics. It’s a term that takes in everything from a rubber baguette in a French ‘Aire’ off the Autoroute du Soleil to a four-course spread while listening to opera at Glyndebourne. What’s definitely true is ...

International Beaujolais Nouveau Day

Although Cru Beaujolais has been having its moment in the sun for a few years now, its younger, lighter-bodied ‘nouveau’ cousin is coming back into its own. How Beaujolais Nouveau Day started The tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau dates back to the 1800s. Winemakers would bottle their just-fermented wine, produced from grapes harvested just a few months prior, an unusually tight timeframe in winemaking terms. This occasion called for a massive celebration among Beaujolais-based vigneron ...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)

A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.