The Winery Christophe Pacalet of Beaujolais

Winery Christophe Pacalet - Beaujolais
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 179 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Winery Christophe Pacalet is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Christophe Pacalet wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet

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

How Winery Christophe Pacalet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of chinese noodles with shrimp, calf sweetbread with mushrooms or rabbit with hunter's sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet

On the nose the red wine of Winery Christophe Pacalet. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, spices or minerality and sometimes also flavors of black cherries, sour cherry or chocolate. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Christophe Pacalet. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.69/5

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

  • 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.

The top white wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Christophe Pacalet

How Winery Christophe Pacalet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cajun jumbalaya rice, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet

On the nose the white wine of Winery Christophe Pacalet. often reveals types of flavors of apples, butter or cheese and sometimes also flavors of banana, earth or microbio.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Christophe Pacalet.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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Planning a wine route in the of Beaujolais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Christophe Pacalet.

Discover the grape variety: Oberlin

Oberlin noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. You can find the Oberlin noir cultivated in these vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhône Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Christophe Pacalet and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Free-run wine

The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.