The Domaine Challias of Côtes-du-Rhône of Rhone Valley

Domaine Challias
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 849 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Côtes-du-Rhône in the region of Rhone Valley

The Domaine Challias is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes-du-Rhône.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Côtes-du-Rhône to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Challias wines

Looking for the best Domaine Challias wines in Côtes-du-Rhône among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Challias 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 Domaine Challias wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine Challias

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Challias

How Domaine Challias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with garlic, uzbek pilaf or veal head with vinaigrette.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Challias

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Challias. often reveals types of flavors of earth. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Challias. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Challias

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Challias.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Petit Verdot
  • Garnacha
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône

The wine region of Côtes-du-Rhône is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de Beaucastel or the Chateau de Fonsalette produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes-du-Rhône are Mourvèdre, Viognier and Marsanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes-du-Rhône often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, red plum or sour cherry and sometimes also flavors of truffle, juniper or clove.

In the mouth of Côtes-du-Rhône is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 1765 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes-du-Rhône, producing 4241 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes-du-Rhône go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or mature and hard cheese.

The top white wines of Domaine Challias

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Challias

How Domaine Challias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta with 4 cheese sauce, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or royal couscous.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Challias

In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Challias. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Challias.

  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Bourboulenc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top pink wines of Domaine Challias

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Challias

How Domaine Challias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of spaghetti with homemade pesto, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or tapenade with green olives.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine Challias.

  • Grenache Gris
  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Venaison

Applied to the bouquet of a wine reminiscent of the smell of big game.

The top sweet wines of Domaine Challias

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine Challias

How Domaine Challias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of tripe in the style of caen or meringue for dummies.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaine Challias.

  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Grenache Gris

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Challias

Planning a wine route in the of Côtes-du-Rhône? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Challias.

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.