The Winery Clos du Castellas of Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Rhone Valley

Winery Clos du Castellas
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 103 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Clos du Castellas is one of the best wineries to follow in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Châteauneuf-du-Pape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clos du Castellas wines

Looking for the best Winery Clos du Castellas wines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clos du Castellas 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 Clos du Castellas wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Clos du Castellas

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clos du Castellas

How Winery Clos du Castellas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of shoulder of lamb in a crust, stuffed artichoke or cantonese rice.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clos du Castellas

On the nose the red wine of Winery Clos du Castellas. often reveals types of flavors of licorice, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Clos du Castellas. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clos du Castellas

  • 2009With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Clos du Castellas.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.

In the mouth of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 704 estates and châteaux in the of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, producing 1551 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry.

The top white wines of Winery Clos du Castellas

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Clos du Castellas

How Winery Clos du Castellas wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of fricadella, pan-fried salmon with lemon and dill sauce or penne with chicken, mushrooms and comté.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Clos du Castellas.

  • Roussanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Clos du Castellas

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Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

News about Winery Clos du Castellas and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Defect

Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.