Château d'EstoublonLa Collection d'Ernest
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with La Collection d'Ernest
Pairings that work perfectly with La Collection d'Ernest
Original food and wine pairings with La Collection d'Ernest
The La Collection d'Ernest of Château d'Estoublon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, lamb confit with new potatoes or currywurst.
Details and technical informations about Château d'Estoublon's La Collection d'Ernest.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Collection d'Ernest from Château d'Estoublon are 2016
Informations about the Château d'Estoublon
The Château d'Estoublon is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Les Baux-de-Provence to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Les Baux-de-Provence
Provençal AOC in the Alpilles massif (7 communes, 277 ha, France's first 100% organic/biodynamic AOC since 2023), stony calcareous soils, sunny Mediterranean climate with Mistral. Signature reds from Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah (≥60%): elegant and sun-drenched with black cherry, garrigue, thyme, rosemary, black olive and peppery notes, tannins melted by sun. Fresh, crunchy rosés. Full whites from Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Vermentino and Roussanne.
The wine region of Provence
World capital of dry, refined rosé (~90% of production). Pale rose-petal colour, delicate nose of fresh red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant), citrus (pink grapefruit), white flowers and a mineral touch, taut and thirst-quenching palate — the Mediterranean aperitif par excellence. Blends of Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Tibouren and Mourvèdre. Fleshy Bandol reds from Mourvèdre (leather, garrigue, age-worthy), straight Cassis whites.
The word of the wine: Bergeron
See roussanne.
