The Winery Grosse Pierre of Chiroubles of Beaujolais

The Winery Grosse Pierre is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Chiroubles to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Grosse Pierre wines in Chiroubles among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Grosse Pierre 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 Winery Grosse Pierre wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Grosse Pierre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of boeuf en daube.
Chiroubles is an appellation for the red wines of Beaujolais. Like all the red wines of the region, they are made from the Gamay Grape. It is one of the smallest of the 10 Beaujolais crus, with about 235 hectares of vines. The wine production area is on the Southeast facing hillsides just west of Beaujolais.
The appellation's Vineyard is located in the administrative commune of Chiroubles. It is roughly in the centre-west of the Northern Beaujolais crus. The commune shares a border to the south with Morgon and one to the north with Fleurie. Its Terroir is similar to that of the latter.
How Winery Grosse Pierre wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, moroccan style veal brochette or roast duck with cider sauce.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Grosse Pierre. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Grosse Pierre. is a with a nice freshness.
Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.
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Chambourcin noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). 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. Chambourcin noir can be found in several vineyards: Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica.