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 braised beef with carrots, lamb curl or alice's rabbit.

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

  • 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 chinese noodles with vegetables and spices, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or chicken noodles.

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: Grenache Gris

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 chicken and mushroom risotto, quiche without pastry or assortments of mini savoury tarts.

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

  • Grenache Gris
  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).

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 home-made white pudding or gaufress and light.

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

  • Muscat Blanc

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Bourboulenc

Bourboulenc is mainly grown in the southern part of France. It is a white grape variety that ripens quite late. It can only be harvested around 25 September and for an average of only one month. Bourboulenc is particularly fond of low-lying, but at the same time warm and dry locations. The aroma of this grape variety is not very pronounced, but it has a certain exotic fruit and floral aroma such as broom. The result is a low alcohol wine with subtle and fleeting aromas. Blanquette, bourboulanc, bourboulenque, doucillon, clairette dorée and clairette blanche are all names that can designate bourboulenc. This grape variety is very sensitive to diseases common to all vine plants such as magnesium deficiency, mildew and oidium. Bourboulenc can be used as a table grape. Most French people keep the bunches until Christmas in order to present them on the festive table as desserts.

News about Domaine Challias and wines from the region

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Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vinzelles, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of Irancy appellation

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The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).