The Château La Croix des Pins is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château La Croix des Pins wines in Rhône méridional among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Croix des Pins 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 La Croix des Pins wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château La Croix des Pins 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 country cabbage, fish balls or comtose pie.
On the nose the white wine of Château La Croix des Pins. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château La Croix des Pins. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Sunny, Mediterranean southern Rhône, kingdom of Grenache Noir. Fleshy, generous reds with signature notes of candied red and black fruits (cherry, plum), garrigue (thyme, rosemary), pepper and sweet spices, round tannins and an opulent palate. Blended with peppery Syrah, deep Mourvèdre, supple Cinsault. Flagship crus: Châteauneuf-du-Pape on rolled pebbles (powerful, age-worthy), Gigondas, dense Vacqueyras, fleshy Tavel rosé, sweet muscat Beaumes-de-Venise.
123 communes, mistral climate.
How Château La Croix des Pins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of puchero, lamb shoulder confit or alsatian wine pie.
On the nose the red wine of Château La Croix des Pins. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or pepper and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or eucalyptus. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Croix des Pins. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Rich, structured whites with a round palate and long finish, with aromas of ripe yellow fruits, honey, white flowers, toasted almond and mineral notes. Fine ageing potential, developing waxy and truffle nuances with age. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with roussanne. Also exported to Australia (Victoria) and California. Native Rhône variety.
How Château La Croix des Pins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of sauté of pork with chorizo, salmon and leek gratin or cuttlefish a la plancha.
Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.
How Château La Croix des Pins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of monkfish armorican style or apple cake.
Structured, aromatic whites with lively acidity and an ample mouth, featuring intense aromas of exotic fruits (pineapple, mango, passion fruit), ripe citrus, yellow peach, white flowers, honey and sweet spices. Made as nervy modern dry wines (Jurançon sec AOC, IGP Côtes de Gascogne) and sumptuous passerillage sweet wines (Jurançon AOC, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh AOC). Late-ripening native grape of Béarn, the productive sibling of Petit Manseng.
How Château La Croix des Pins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.
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Vibrant and fresh rosés and clairets with a pale robe and tender mouth, featuring aromas of white flowers, citrus, fennel and delicate anise notes. Moderate acidity, light finish. A pink-skinned mutation of clairette blanche, occasionally blended into Provençal and Languedoc rosés. Clairette blanche signs Clairette de Die, Clairette du Languedoc AOC and enters Châteauneuf-du-Pape whites. Native southern French grape.
