Winery Famille Gourjon - Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse

Winery Famille GourjonCaroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse of Winery Famille Gourjon is a red wine from the region of Costières-de-Nîmes of Rhone Valley.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Taste structure of the Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse from the Winery Famille Gourjon

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse of Winery Famille Gourjon in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Food and wine pairings with Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse

Pairings that work perfectly with Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse

Original food and wine pairings with Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse

The Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse of Winery Famille Gourjon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, leg of lamb in braillouse or duck parmentier with ceps.

Details and technical informations about Winery Famille Gourjon's Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse - 2018
In the top 100 of of Costières-de-Nîmes wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse - 2017
In the top 100 of of Costières-de-Nîmes wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Caroline & Christian Château Font Barrièle Les Vignes d'Heloïse from Winery Famille Gourjon are 2018, 2017

Informations about the Winery Famille Gourjon

The winery offers 37 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Costières-de-Nîmes in the region of Rhone Valley

The Winery Famille Gourjon is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Costières-de-Nîmes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Rhone Valley
In the top 100000 of of France wines
In the top 10000 of of Costières-de-Nîmes wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes

The wine region of Costières-de-Nîmes is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Scamandre or the Château d'Or et de Gueules produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costières-de-Nîmes are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costières-de-Nîmes often reveals types of flavors of non oak, thyme or raisin and sometimes also flavors of clove, cocoa or coffee.


The wine region of Rhone Valley

The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.

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