The Château La Croix des Pins of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château La Croix des Pins
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1067 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley
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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.

Top Château La Croix des Pins wines

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.

The top white wines of Château La Croix des Pins

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château La Croix des Pins

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 leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche, hard-boiled eggs and gourmet muffins or halibut with flambéed comté.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château La Croix des Pins

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.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château La Croix des Pins

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château La Croix des Pins.

  • Clairette
  • Roussanne
  • Marsanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Rhône méridional

Côtes du Rhône is a regional appellation in the Rhône Valley in eastern France. It applies to red, rosé and white wines, and includes more than 170 villages. The area follows the course of the Rhône southward for 125 miles (200 km) from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône to Avignon. A small portion of the wines in the appellation are white wines.

However, the classic Côtes du Rhône wine is a blend of Fruity, medium-weight reds made from Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. The Côtes du Rhône appellation was introduced in November 1937. Its purpose was to give a general title to good quality Rhone wines from the lesser known and less prestigious wine producing areas of the valley. Côtes du Rhône The landscape of the Côtes du Rhône.

The top red wines of Château La Croix des Pins

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Croix des Pins

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 sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), lamb chops with lemon and herbs or duck aiguillettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Croix des Pins

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.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Croix des Pins

  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Croix des Pins.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Marselan
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Blanc

The top pink wines of Château La Croix des Pins

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château La Croix des Pins

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 breton galette with buckwheat flour, codfish aioli or raoul's bouillabaisse.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Château La Croix des Pins

  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château La Croix des Pins.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Clairette

The word of the wine: Velouté

Said of a wine that is soft and caressing in the mouth.

The top natural sweet wines of Château La Croix des Pins

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Château La Croix des Pins

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 navarin of lamb or meringue for dummies.

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Château La Croix des Pins.

  • Muscat Blanc

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.

The top sparkling wines of Château La Croix des Pins

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château La Croix des Pins

How Château La Croix des Pins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château La Croix des Pins.

  • Gros Manseng

The word of the wine: Malic (acid)

An acid that occurs naturally in many wines and is transformed into lactic acid during malolactic fermentation.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château La Croix des Pins

Planning a wine route in the of Rhône méridional? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Croix des Pins.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.