The Château du Sud of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley

Château du Sud
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1759 of the estates of Rhone Valley.
It is located in Rhône méridional in the region of Rhone Valley

The Château du Sud is one of the best wineries to follow in Rhône méridional.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Rhône méridional to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château du Sud wines

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

The top red wines of Château du Sud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château du Sud

How Château du Sud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of provencal stew, vegetarian lasagna or vitello alla genovese (roast veal with sponge cake).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château du Sud

In the mouth the red wine of Château du Sud. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château du Sud

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château du Sud.

  • Grenache
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

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 white wines of Château du Sud

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château du Sud

How Château du Sud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of three ways to prepare chinese noodles, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or chicken curry samoussas.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château du Sud.

  • 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: 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.