The Château de Bellevue of Loire Valley

Château de Bellevue
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1652 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Château de Bellevue is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Bellevue wines

Looking for the best Château de Bellevue wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Bellevue 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 de Bellevue wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château de Bellevue

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Bellevue

How Château de Bellevue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of navarin of lamb, lamb tagine with broad beans or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Bellevue

On the nose the red wine of Château de Bellevue. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château de Bellevue. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Bellevue

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.35/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Bellevue.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Gamay
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

It's quite telling that this brief overview of the region's wines doesn't even mention the Loire Valley's two most famous wines - Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume. White wines are clearly the strong point of the Loire Valley and represent the vast majority of production. A significant proportion of these are produced under PGI appellations, most commonly the IGP Loire (formerly Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France), which covers the whole region. The main white Grape varieties used for the production of white wines in the Loire Valley are Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne and, more popular than the traditional, Chardonnay.

The top pink wines of Château de Bellevue

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Bellevue

How Château de Bellevue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of lamb chops à la champvallon, potato and smoked salmon gratin or chicken on a bed of summer vegetables.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château de Bellevue.

  • Grolleau
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

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.

The top white wines of Château de Bellevue

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Bellevue

How Château de Bellevue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of baked cod portuguese style, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or chicken tagine with olives and potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Bellevue

On the nose the white wine of Château de Bellevue. often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château de Bellevue. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Bellevue

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Bellevue.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Brut nature (or ultra brut)

A type of champagne that has not received any dosage liqueur.

The top sweet wines of Château de Bellevue

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château de Bellevue

How Château de Bellevue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of vincent's tuna mascarpone pizza, the coughing cat's apple crumble or pumpkin and roquefort quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château de Bellevue.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top sparkling wines of Château de Bellevue

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château de Bellevue

How Château de Bellevue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mussel clusters, chicken legs and changing or caricoles as in brussels (translation: sea snails or whelks).

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Château de Bellevue

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château de Bellevue.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Grolleau

The word of the wine: Venaison (taste of)

Wine aromas reminiscent of game (fur, leather, hare's belly).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Bellevue

Planning a wine route in the of Loire Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de Bellevue.

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Château de Bellevue and wines from the region

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. 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 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National, 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://twitte ...

The word of the wine: Brut nature (or ultra brut)

A type of champagne that has not received any dosage liqueur.