The Winery Croix Penet of Beaujolais

Winery Croix Penet
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1589 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Winery Croix Penet is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Croix Penet wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Croix Penet

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Croix Penet

How Winery Croix Penet wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta carbonara, homemade marengo veal or chicken drumstick with bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Croix Penet

On the nose the red wine of Winery Croix Penet. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Croix Penet. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Croix Penet

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Croix Penet.

  • 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: Muscat de Saint Vallier

Interspecific crossing obtained by Seyve-Villard between the 12 129 Seyve-Villard and the early panse of Provence. This direct-producing hybrid is practically no longer multiplied, and is nowadays only found in private gardens. - Synonymy: 20 473 Seyve-Villard (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

News about Winery Croix Penet and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Baco 22A

A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.