The Château Gaillard of Beaujolais

Château Gaillard - Beaujolais Villages Nouveau
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 539 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Château Gaillard is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Gaillard wines

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

The top red wines of Château Gaillard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Gaillard

How Château Gaillard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta and peppers, veal head with vinaigrette or beef tagine with vegetables.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Gaillard

On the nose the red wine of Château Gaillard. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, red fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, cranberry or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château Gaillard. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Gaillard

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.56/5

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

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Beaujolais

Beaujolais is an important wine region in eastern France, famous for its vibrant, Fruity red wines made from Gamay. It is located immediately South of Burgundy, of which it is sometimes considered a Part, although it is in the administrative region of Rhône. The extensive plantings of Gamay in this region make Beaujolais one of the few regions in the world that is so concentrated on a single Grape variety. Pinot Noir is used in small quantities in red and rosé wines, but in the name of regional identity, it is being phased out and will only be allowed until the 2015 harvest.

Although best known for its red wines, the region also produces white Beaujolais Blanc, from Chardonnay and Aligote. These two white wine varieties are also sometimes used in local red wines, in which they can make up to 15% of the Final blend. There are several forms of Beaujolais red wine: standard Beaujolais (including Beaujolais Supérieur), Beaujolais Villages and the Young, characterful Beaujolais Nouveau. The highest quality wines of the region are those of the ten Beaujolais crus - ten wine regions Long recognized as the best in the region.

The top pink wines of Château Gaillard

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château Gaillard

How Château Gaillard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef mironton.

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

  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Parellada

The white Parellada is a grape variety that originated in France (Spain). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. The white Parellada can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Gaillard

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

Discover the grape variety: Babic

This is an old indigenous variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Croatia, especially in central and southern Dalmatia. It can also be found in Hungary, in the former Yugoslavia to which Croatia belonged... in France it is almost unknown. It should be noted that it would be related with the dobricic and thus also with the plavac mali its son. Babic should not be confused with babica crni, another Croatian black grape variety.

News about Château Gaillard and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Picpoul

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