The Château la Dournie is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Saint-Chinian to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château la Dournie wines in Saint-Chinian among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château la Dournie 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 Dournie wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château la Dournie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, marco's pasta with bacon or veal head with vinaigrette.
On the nose the red wine of Château la Dournie. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, red fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, oaky or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Château la Dournie. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Saint-Chinian is an appellation in the Languedoc-roussillon">Languedoc-Roussillon wine region of southern France. It is located between Minervois and Faugeres, which produce similar styles of robust red wine from similar grapes and in a similar landscape. It is also adjacent to the Muscat de Saint-Jean-de-Minervois appellation, which produces Sweet white wines. Therefore, the diversity of the Languedoc region is well demonstrated in this small area.
The AOC Saint-Chinian title was created in 1982, for red and rosé wines only. In 2005, white wines were introduced into the appellation, made from Grenache Blanc, Marsanne and Roussanne. Carbonically macerated Carignan used to characterize the production of Saint-Chinian, but it is gradually being replaced by more Complex wines produced from Syrah, Grenache and Lladoner Pelut. Similarly, the quantity of white wine is increasing.
How Château la Dournie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta with peas and bacon, quiche lorraine or magic cake cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Château la Dournie. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château la Dournie. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
How Château la Dournie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of thai coconut chicken with black mushrooms, summer tuna quiche or bread with cheese and bacon.
In the mouth the pink wine of Château la Dournie. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
AOC sparkling wine made by traditional method, with specific constraints in the regions of Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Die, Jura, Limoux and the Loire Valley, as well as in Luxembourg.
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Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
